I speak to my agent about great roles, and he's like, 'They are all going to Will Smith.

I have never made a decision based on race and never will.

Don't let people disrespect you. My mom says don't open the door to the devil. Surround yourself with positive people.

We all create our own reality by the choices we make.

The Academy Awards was an amazing night. I know I kind of lost my mind a little bit. I apologize for that. That night went so fast I can't remember what I said or what happened.

I am admiring of my fellow peers, black filmmakers and black actors and actresses.

I'm an avid hockey fan and I've been playing for about 17 years, and somebody recently told me that the first organized hockey teams in Canada were all black. Telling those stories would be cool.

I've always been a sucker for attention.

What makes you think that what you know is any different from what I know? I had different teachers.

My wife and I have been together since 1986. I graduated in '86 and she graduated in '88. We began dating when she was 17. Actually she turned 18 when we started kissing and stuff.

Now, I have big-money offers on three movies, and I have director approval. That's kind of scary,' he says. 'No directors have been attached. That's a lot of pressure on me

You're broke, eh?"I been shaking two nickels together for a month, trying to get them to mate.

A land is precious, but ours is to be revered.

If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.

I am trying to teach my children to feel a responsibility for their fellow human beings and a sense of connection with ... the world around them.

If I'm going to go to the opera, I want to see the costumes and the melodrama.

You connect with who you connect with, and if your feelings are strong enough then you'll make that work.

God said, Here. Have it. Enjoy it. I'm gonna be miserable?

Pendantry is the unseasonable ostentation of learning. It may be discovered either in the choice of a subject or in the manner d treating it.

Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.

Gods always love the people who make 'em.