421 Quotes by Will Smith

The execs don't care what color you are. They care about how much money you make. Hollywood is not really black or white. It's green.

Before 2010, I had a vision. I saw a family in my mind that I wanted to have. And I was pushing and driving hard for my picture, and then I realized everyone has their own journey. I have to support what they want to do. I have to support the vision that they have for themselves, not my vision. That was excruciating for me.

Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing tests - not on a comprehension of the material and its application to your life.

You might have more talent than me, you might be smarter than me, you might be sexier than me, you might be all of those things you got it on me in nine categories. But if we get on the treadmill together, there are two things: You're getting off first, or I'm going to die. It's really that simple, right?

The big thing I tell my kids is you have to control how you label things. It's very important to me they understand the power they have to create the lives that they want.

When you create art, the world has to wait.

Just because the kid's cute, doesn't mean you're not the father.

I read a Bruce Lee quote that shifted how I'm trying to live my life right now. He said, "Some targets are only meant to be aimed at." Right? And I took that to mean a shift for myself from goal orientation to path orientation.

Whatever your dream is, every extra penny you have needs to be going to that.