Part of being an actor is almost self-hypnosis during those brief moments when the cameras are rolling. You want to actually believe you’re Chris Gardner or Muhammad Ali.
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.
So if you stay ready, you ain’t gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life.
If you’re always ready, you don’t have to get ready.
I know who I am, I know what I believe, that’s all I need to know. From there, you do what you need to do.
Being realistic is the most commonly travelled road to mediocrity. What’s the point of being realistic? It’s unrealistic to walk into a room, flip a switch, and have light come on, but fortunately Edison didn’t think so.
I do not have to build a perfect wall today. I just have to lay a perfect brick.
I refuse to accept anything less than 100% of what I can achieve.
I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my ‘Will Smith’ thing and get paid.
I think with movies I am really connecting to the Joseph Campbell idea of the collective unconscious.
Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.
I don’t necessarily believe in organized religion.
I love you and I’m here for you.
I keep going because I doubt myself. It drives me to be better. I’ve learned that the mastery of self-doubt is the key to success. It’s like being animated by the love of a woman – the need to be worthy of her.
Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and again.
I truly believe that I can be president of the US if I really want to.
Why is life at this point in the twentieth century so focused upon the very beginning of life and the very end of life? What about the 80 years we have to live between those two inexorable bookends?
Ninety percent of what youre saying isnt coming out of your mouth.
A sad thing in life is that sometimes you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end it was never bound to be, and you just have to let go.
You can’t be scared to die for the truth. The truth is the only thing that is ever going to be constant.
Make time for it. Just get it done. Nobody ever got strong by thinking about it. They did it.