Sitting in the movie theater watching "Star Wars," I've never had an experience with any form of entertainment that was like that. It was almost spiritual. I couldn't believe that someone's mind created that. And, right, it felt like George Lucas had a piano that was playing my emotions, and he could go ahead and do whatever he wanted and make me lean forward if he wanted, or he could make me go oh, or he could make me hide my face.

Black people playing tennis, next white people will be tap dancing!

I believe that my connection, to my higher power, is separate from everybody’s. I don’t believe that the Muslims have all the answers. I don’t believe the Christians have all the answer, or the Jews have all the answers...

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

On learning to swim: I'm too big to have some woman hold my stomach and say 'Now kick your feet.'

I don't necessarily believe in organized religion.

You can't be scared to die for the truth. The truth is the only thing that is ever going to be constant.