To me, it's science fiction for me to do the things I've been blessed to do in this industry.

Because I know that hope and fear are connected, I put my mask of hope on.

There's so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. I've got tons of friends that are doing the right thing by their kids, and doing the right thing as a father - and how come that's not as newsworthy?

I believe you need to be educated about what you want to do in life, but I don't believe you actually need college to get you there.

I do not have to build a perfect wall today. I just have to lay a perfect brick.

I try to speak my points of view about black America, and how I feel about black men and the role that black men should play in their lives with their children and in their lives with their women.

I honestly believe that if I decided to be the president of the United States, I could do it. That might sound foolish to some. But in my mind, if Ronald Reagan can become president, why not Will Smith?