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Quotes
I am a sexual machine
now. Raring to go every second of the day. I'm human Viagra. I am Will-agra.
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
had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my
'Will Smith' thing and get paid.
If
it was something that I really committed myself to, I don't think
there's anything that could stop me becoming President of the United
States.
In
my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just
didn't know yet.
It's
quite highly possible that I have peaked. I mean, I just can't imagine
what else I could do beyond this. It's really a bittersweet kind of
feeling.
Money
and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already
there.
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.
The
first eight years of schooling was with all white people. So that helped
me to understand how white people think. I think that transition is what
helped me bridge the gap, because that's what my success has really been
about: bridging the gap between the black community and the white
community.
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?
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.
Too
many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't
want, to impress people they don't like.
You
can cry, ain't no shame in it.
I was trying so hard. I would memorize the
entire script, then I'd be lipping everybody's lines while they were
talking. When I watch those episodes, it's disgusting. My performances
were horrible.
On the change in his body that Ali's intense
physical training required: I'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.
My 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.
I want to stop at five.- when asked by Jules
Asner about having more children.
When I turned 28, everything clicked. I even
got way better in bed.
It's a whole different thing being an actor.
A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is
about changing who you are. You make yourself a different person. You
become a different person.
You're so much stronger when your partner is
strong. I honestly believe there is no woman for me but Jada. Of all the
women I've met - and there've been a few - no one can handle me the way
Jada does. Once you feel someone locked in on you, it's no contest. As
fine as other women can be, as tempting sexually, I'm not going
anywhere. This is it. I can't imagine what anyone else could offer.
I love being black in America, and
especially being black in Hollywood.
I really believe that a man and a woman
together, raising a family, is the purest form of happiness we can
experience.
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%.
People laugh, but if I set my mind to it,
within the next 15 years I would be president.
My grandmother once told me, 'Don't let
failure go to your heart and don't let success go to your head.'
[on Star Wars] I might have been eight or
nine. That was the movie that put me into a space where the science
fiction element was almost a spiritual connection for me. I thought, if
someone could imagine that and then put it on a screen and make me feel
like that... and my entire career I've been trying to make people feel
like Star Wars made me feel.
Too many people spend money they haven't
earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.
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