Your words and thoughts have physical power.

I love being black in America, and especially being black in Hollywood.

I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my 'Will Smith' thing and get paid.

For me and my storytelling and the way that I embrace stories in the way that I embrace characters, I desperately needed to know that everything was okay.

The big thing I tell my kids is you have to control how you label things. It's very important to me they understand the power they have to create the lives that they want.

There ain't no problem that some other dude didn't have 1,000 years ago.

A sad thing in life is that sometimes you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end it was never bound to be, and you just have to let go.