Will Smith
Will Smith
Willard Carroll "Will" Smith, Jr. is an American actor, producer, rapper, and songwriter. He has enjoyed success in television, film, and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him "the most powerful actor in Hollywood". Smith has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and has won four Grammy Awards...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth25 September 1968
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
I want to keep my life as unfettered as possible. So maybe I'll just pretend to get rare books from my catalogue, and not really get them.
My mother loved rock and roll. She loved high-energy music.
I got my style from a lot of different people, even my style of reading, even Johnny Carson inspired me.
Sometimes [people] seem to think I came out of the womb, you know, cursing, with an electric guitar.
People say hello to me. I mean, sometimes the sanitation truck goes by and says, hey Patti...
I hated the makeup. I hated all that pancake makeup. I didn't really like dressing for parts.
I liked being on stage, I just didn't like the theatrical aspect of being in front of people.
I know from an early age that I'm very comfortable in front of people. When I was a young girl, I'd love giving book reports.
I could have a job as a teacher because I like talking in front of people.
I didn't want any middle-of-the-road creep. I always wanted the toughest guy in school, the guy from south Philly who wore tight black pants. Y'know, the guy who carried the umbrella and wore white shirts with real thin black ties. I was really nuts over this guy named Butchie Magic 'cause he let me carry his switchblade.
One thing I like about getting older is things, your spectrum widens, your capacity for compassion widens.
I believe myself to be an artist. That was my calling, to do my work, and what's most important to me is to do the best work I possibly can. And that is what means the most, that is what will endure.
The bible is very resonant. It has everything, creation, betrayal, lust, poetry, prophecy, sacrifice. All great things are in the bible and all great writers have drawn from it and more than people realise, whether Shakespeare, Herman Melville or Bob Dylan. Of course there are stories that are still relevant and inspiring; lessons that need to be taught over and over again. And they give people hope.
I just know that young people suffer, and I also know music is one of the things that help you get through - music and friends.