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" As a child, I watched 'Dallas' and that was my vision for my life for as long as I could remember. "

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" The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.' "

" I think with movies I am really connecting to the Joseph Campbell idea of the collective unconscious. "

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

" My school was 90 percent white, but 90 percent of the kids I played with were black. So I got the best of both worlds. I think that is where my comedy developed. "

" Tommy Lee Jones is hilarious. I would say, if you look at the body of his work, the character he is most like is the one in 'The Fugitive.' That's how he talks and jokes. That is the type of energy he has. "

" 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. "

" When you create art, the world has to wait. "

" And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working. "

" You can cry, ain't no shame in it. "

" I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived. "

" I mean, I'm very serious with my kids about them comprehending the intricacies of global finance. "

" My skin is hard when it comes to my music. But with my movies, I'm still a virgin in a lot of ways. I'm not used to being shot down for no reason. "

" I would have absolutely messed up 'The Matrix'. "

" Life is lived on the edge. "

" I was raised in a Baptist household, went to a Catholic church, lived in a Jewish neighborhood, and had the biggest crush on the Muslim girls from one neighborhood over. "

" A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are. "

" 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? "

Doing The Right Thing

" I don't necessarily believe in organized religion. "

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

" I'm a student of patterns. At heart, I'm a physicist. I look at everything in my life as trying to find the single equation, the theory of everything. "

" So if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life. "

" We all want to be in love and find that person who is going to love us no matter how our feet smell, no matter how angry we get one day, no matter the things we say that we don't mean. "

" I want the world to be better because I was here. "

" Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too. "

" I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent. "

" If you're not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who does a horrible job, but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%. "

" I've always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation. "

" I have a great time with my life, and I wanna share it. "

" Well, all I know is what I read in the papers. "

" Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing tests - not on a comprehension of the material and its application to your life. "