A human being having a full emotional conversation with a dog is funny, innately. It's one of those things where you get in a scene and you always go for what is the best joke, and a talking dog for some reason, whatever he says, is hilarious." (about his role wiht a talking dog in the forthcoming MEN IN BLACK sequel.
Will SmithIf you learn how to defeat that person when you're running. You will know how to not quit when things get hard in your life.
Will SmithYou've got to run your career. What happens is a lot of times artists have this talent and they're just looking for somebody to take it and do something with it. And you have to be the creative force.
Will SmithMy biggest emotional defeat and the greatest emotional pain I've had as an actor was when "Wild Wild West" opened up to $52 million. The movie wasn't good. And it hurt so bad to be the No. 1 movie - to open at $52 million - and to know the movie wasn't good.
Will SmithThe women who don't seek attention are usually the women you need to be giving your attention to.
Will SmithI try to connect to human emotion. I'm always looking for something primal, something really base that is beyond language, that people understand beyond language.
Will SmithWhen I was growing up, I installed refrigerators in supermarkets. My father was an electrical engineer.
Will SmithEverybody need a partner to stand right by their side. Not only down for the good times. But also down through the bad times.
Will SmithI just think that the gifts that God has given me and the attention that I have, I just don't feel like acting is the limit of it. I just feel like there's so much more that I could do...And, you know, every day I wake up and I try to do a little more and I just want the world to be different and better because I was here.
Will SmithComing from sitcom television and coming from music you burn up every single second. You don't leave anything there. You burn it up and you pass out when you walk off stage, so I took that concept into acting.
Will SmithEven Hitler didn't wake up going, 'Let me do the most evil thing I can do today.' I think he woke up in the morning and using a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was 'good.'
Will SmithI'm starting to be a lot more comfortable with allowing people to decide for themselves and almost creating a situation that forces people to decide for themselves whether they like it or don't like it or agree with the character or disagree with the character.
Will SmithI think that my sensibilities are becoming slightly less delicate and I'm venturing out in a storytelling world.
Will SmithI'm human viagra. I'm Willagra. I'm a sex machine now. I'm raring to go every second of the day. My wife's loving it.
Will SmithI've always been attracted to characters with insurmountable odds and obstacles, because innately, however inarticulately I've always believed that my dreams and my desires can command and bend time and space to be the things that I want them to be.
Will SmithMy God, my higher power. It's mine and mine alone. I create my connection and I decide how my connection is going to be.
Will SmithJust stay ready. Stay in shape and then you don't have to rush to train before the movie starts. I'll show you my abs later because I’m in shape. But that idea, if you stay ready, you don’t have to get ready.
Will SmithDon't ever let someone tell you that you can't do something. You got a dream, you gotta protect it. When people can't do something themselves, they are going to tell you that you can't do it. You want something, go get it. Period.
Will SmithGive me a problem, I'll give you a solution. I just love living. That's a feeling you can't fake. I'm glad every single day. I think that even the camera can feel that I'm a happy man.
Will SmithBelieving in yourself is the first step to accomplishing any goal. If you think you're going to fail, you probably will.
Will SmithNever lie to people, because the people you are able to lie to, are the people who trust you.
Will SmithThe execs don't care what color you are. They care about how much money you make. Hollywood is not really black or white. It's green.
Will SmithOn learning to swim: I'm too big to have some woman hold my stomach and say 'Now kick your feet.'
Will SmithYou'd be surprised how much you don't understand what other people see your actions as; how other people view the things you say and the things that you do. And a lot of times just clarifying what your intentions are with people makes a huge difference.
Will SmithGive me about 10 years, I'm going to run for President. If I can squeeze in an NBA championship before that, I'll do it.
Will SmithI 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.
Will SmithThere's no easy way around it, no matter how talented you are ... your talent is going to fail you if you're not skilled. If you don't study, if you don't work really hard and dedicate yourself to being better every single day, you 'll never be able to communicate with people your artistry the way that you want!
Will SmithI met my father for the first time when I was 28 years old. I made up my mind that when I had children, my children were going to know who their father was.
Will SmithI've trained myself to illuminate the things in my personality that are likable and to hide and protect the things that are less likeable.
Will SmithThe first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.'
Will SmithWhat developed in my early days was the attitude to start attacking the thing I was scared of
Will SmithWhat people are perceiving will dictate what their life and ultimately what your interaction is.
Will SmithThe 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.
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