Terrence Howard
Terrence Howard
Terrence Dashon Howardis an American actor and singer. Having his first major roles in the 1995 films Dead Presidents and Mr. Holland's Opus, Howard broke into the mainstream with a succession of television and cinema roles between 2004 and 2006. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Hustle & Flow. Howard has had prominent roles in many other movies including Winnie, Ray, Lackawanna Blues, Crash, Four Brothers, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Idlewild,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth11 March 1969
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
If you're not going to do your job, get out of here. Don't mess up my work. This is how I feed my family.
All the things we have to remember, and I've mentioned this before, is that we're all artists
If a relationship is built on sexuality, it won't last long.
Every artist has to grow, and has to challenge themselves with a new form of expression
I'm trying to make enough money where I can be financially independent and be able to go and just pursue that thing that everybody really needs, just pursue my family and the cause of my family
They say everybody gets 15 minutes. I hope I'm just inside the first minute and the next 14 go really slow.
I just wanted to be a scientist
I don't have any love for this business or the game or for acting. This is my day job.
I found from working on the film that I am a bigot, at times. And that I am also a coward, at times.
My father always said that if you want oranges, you have to go to where the oranges grow.
The Oscar is the fantasy that you're afraid to believe in, but in the secrecy of your little dark room, you dream and wait for it.
The truth is, the personal ends up becoming part of your professional. As an actor, much of your work happens at home as you try things out on your family. Sometimes you stay in character unbeknownst to you and keep practicing.
If we [black people] do not show up and support the march towards cinematic equality, the march towards being on a level at - we don't even have to be higher than whites, but to be viewed in the same common thread of this is a professional, these are stories that people are interested in, instead of being fed the same old BS dogma that's been fed and the studios have used.
I don't believe in premarital sex. It enabled me to date three or four women at the same time, because as long as I wasn't having sex with them, I could always just walk away.