Will Smith quotes

“For me, there is nothing more valuable than how people feel in a movie theater about a movie.”

— Will Smith

“Goofy was the word that was used most often by my sisters because I've been this tall ever since I was 12 years old.”

— Will Smith

“I don't necessarily believe in organized religion.”

— Will Smith

“I had a hit single on the radio for 30 days before I graduated from high school.”

— Will Smith

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

— Will Smith

“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.”

— Will Smith

“When I was growing up, I installed refrigerators in supermarkets. My father was an electrical engineer.”

— Will Smith

“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.”

— Will Smith

“In black neighborhoods, everybody appreciated comedy about real life. In the white community, fantasy was funnier. I started looking for the jokes that were equally hilarious across the board, for totally different reasons.”

— Will Smith

“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.”

— Will Smith

“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.”

— Will Smith

“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.”

— Will Smith

“I love producing. I am loving doing that. I think that is my most natural space in the business. I just love producing or editing and that's where I thrive.”

— Will Smith