46 Quotes by Billy Dee Williams

You are always going to have people criticizing, in one way or another, for their own personal reason.

No matter where I go, in this country or outside of this country, there are young people, and I'm always surprised that young people know about me and Colt 45.

I go, and I do my work, and I try to do the best I can, and I collect my money, and I go home, and then I go on to the next thing. That's my attitude.

I loved Marlon Brando: my favorite actor.

For myself, if I'm trying to obtain a certain longevity in my career, to establish myself as a certain kind of star, I don't want that black exploitation image.

Jazz is very much a part of my life. I work with the Thelonious Monk Institute and do the artwork for their program every year.

I don't want to find myself ever locked into what people think I should think or do. In my art, and acting, I have a universal vision of things, an international vision. Bigger and broader and beyond. 'Bigger than life' is always on my mind.

I think I'm a good father. As a parent, you have the responsibility to create a foundation for your children so that they can meet all the challenges.

Acting, I started when I was six and a half years-old, on Broadway with Kurt Weill.