Willard (did not expect that, huh?) Carroll Smith II - a world-famous actor, rapper, comedian, and producer that has taken the pop culture stage by storm ever since he first appeared on our TVs on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air back in the 1990s. His personality, charm, and wits won the audiences instantly and definitely not for nothing! After all, he’s a man of intelligence that shines through in each and every performance or skit he delivers. It also shines through in his famous quotes! And if you’d like to hear a bit more about it, check out our list composed solely of Will Smith quotes.
Some of these winged phrases are actually movie quotes in which he has taken either the center stage or delivered a stellar and unforgettable role as a side character. Sure, you could accredit those words to the writers, but it was his delivery that made them as memorable as they’ve become. Also, his quotes about life, love, and everything in between are as relatable as if he’s just your neighbor sharing the same everyday problems and the very same realities as you. And unlike some other famous people's quotes, he does quite well without any pomp and circumstance - just another point of being relatable and understandable.
So, get ready for our selection of the best quotes by Will Smith - they are just, as usual, a bit further down. Once you are there, don’t forget to vote for the phrases that you liked the most and share this article with your friends.
#61
“As a child, I watched ‘Dallas’ and that was my vision for my life for as long as I could remember.”
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#62
“We all want to be in love and find that person who is going to love us no matter how our feet smell, no matter how angry we get one day, no matter the things we say that we don’t mean.”
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#63
“I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my ‘Will Smith’ thing and get paid.”
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#64
“Thomas Jefferson was a real poet. He was slick with that ‘pursuit’ of happiness because the ‘pursuit’ puts it back on you.”
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#65
“I met my father for the first time when I was 28 years old. I made up my mind that when I had children, my children were going to know who their father was.”
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#66
“The desire to be a good father is really innate. There aren’t a lot of movies that depict that relationship because men, we have to pretend that we’re not that emotional about it.”
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#67
“Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.”
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#68
“I love creating music and television and film. I love the hustle, I love the grind, I love working sixteen- and eighteen-hour days and waking up at four the next morning and going to the gym. I love that.”
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#69
“I’ve always been a jokester. The things I got in trouble for, when I was little, was always about making a joke or setting up a prank or being silly when I should be paying attention.”
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#70
“A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are.”
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#71
“Ninety percent of what youre saying isnt coming out of your mouth.”
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#72
“Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. That is near insanity. Do not misunderstand me danger is very real but fear is a choice.”
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#73
“The keys to life are running and reading. When you're running, there's a little person that talks to you and says, "Oh I'm tired. My lung's about to pop. I'm so hurt. There's no way I can possibly continue." You want to quit. If you learn how to defeat that person when you're running. You will how to not quit when things get hard in your life. For reading: there have been gazillions of people that have lived before all of us. There's no new problem you could have--with your parents, with school, with a bully. There's no new problem that someone hasn't already had and written about it in a book.”
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#74
“Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings and emotions.”
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#75
“Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity.”
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#76
“There's no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A.”
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#77
“The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have dreams, who want to do things. Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft."
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#78
“Money & success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there.”
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#79
“There are so many people who have lived and died before you. You will never have a new problem; you're not going to ever have a new problem. Somebody wrote the answer down in a book somewhere.”
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#80
“Basic principles: no matter what, no matter when, no matter who... any man has a chance to sweep any woman off her feet. He just needs the right broom.”
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