Will Smith is an American actor, producer, and rapper. 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 and two Academy Awards, and has won four Grammy Awards.
Table of Contents:
1. Early life
2. Career
3. Personal life
4. Awards and nominations
5. Filmography
6. Television
7. Music
8. Books
9. Philanthropy
10. Top Will Smith Quotes
Early life:
Will Smith was born on September 25, 1968, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Caroline (Bright), a Philadelphia school board administrator, and Willard C. Smith, Sr., a refrigeration engineer. He grew up in West Philadelphia’s Wynnefield neighborhood, and was raised Baptist. He has three siblings, sister Pamela, who is four years older, and twins Harry and Ellen, who are three years younger. Smith attended Our Lady of Lourdes, a private Catholic elementary school in Philadelphia. His parents separated when he was 13, but did not actually divorce until around 2000. Smith attended Overbrook High School.
Career:
Smith began his career as a rapper in the 1980s, and achieved success with his debut album Big Willie Style in 1997. In 1999, Smith starred in the science fiction film The Matrix as Neo, a computer programmer who is drawn into a rebellion against the machines who have enslaved humanity in an simulated reality known as the Matrix. The film was a box office success, grossing over $463 million worldwide, and established Smith as a Hollywood A-lister.
Personal life:
In 1991, Smith married Sheree Zampino. The couple had one son, Trey Smith, before divorcing in 1995. Smith married actress Jada Pinkett Smith in 1997. Together they have two children: Jaden Smith and Willow Smith.
Awards and nominations:
Smith has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and has won four Grammy Awards.
Filmography:
-Ali
-Bad Boys
-I, Robot
-The Pursuit of Happyness
-Hancock
-Men in Black
-The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Television:
-The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
-All of Us
Music:
-Big Willie Style
-Men in Black
Books:
-Will Smith’s Guide to Life
Philanthropy:
Smith has donated money to various charities, including $150,000 to the Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina relief, and $5 million to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Top Will Smith Quotes
“The person that works the hardest wins.”— Will Smith
“Never lie to people, because the people you are able to lie to, are the people who trust you.”— Will Smith
“The keys to life are running and reading.”— Will Smith
“I’ve always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation.”— Will Smith
“If you’re absent during my struggle, don’t expect to be present during my success.”— Will Smith
“Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.”— Will Smith
“Sometimes you have to forget what’s gone, appreciate what still remains, and look forward to what’s coming next.”— Will Smith
“Make a choice of what you want, who you want to be and how you’re going to do it. The universe will get out of your way.”— Will Smith
“I know who I am, I know what I believe, that’s all I need to know. From there, you do what you need to do.”— Will Smith
“Never underestimate the pain of a person, because in all honesty, everyone is struggling. Some people are just better at hiding it than others.”— Will Smith
“I want the world to be better because I was here.”— Will Smith
“We spend money that we do not have, on things we do not need, to impress people who do not care.”— Will Smith
“There’s no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A.”— Will Smith
“I love you and I’m here for you.”— Will Smith
“Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings and emotions.”— Will Smith
“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.”— Will Smith
“Begin each day as if it were on purpose.”— Will Smith
“The greatest dreams are always unrealistic.”— Will Smith
“Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.”— Will Smith
“Don’t compare yourself to others. That’s when you start to lose confidence in yourself.”— Will Smith
“If you’re always ready, you don’t have to get ready.”— Will Smith
“Don’t let failure go to your heart, and don’t let success go to your head.”— Will Smith
“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.”— Will Smith
“You want something? Go get it.”— Will Smith
“Smiling is the best way to face every problem, to crush every fear, to hide every pain.”— Will Smith
“Those who say I can, and those who say I can’t – are both usually right.”— Will Smith
“The road to success is through commitment.”— Will Smith
“You’ll never achieve 100 percent if 99 percent is okay.”— Will Smith
“I’m motivated by fear. Fear of fear. I hate being scared to do something. And I think what developed in my early days was the attitude that I started attacking things that I was scared of.”— Will Smith
“I’m not afraid to die on a treadmill.”— Will Smith
“Can I say something? Um, I’m the type of person that if you ask me a question and I don’t know the answer, I’m gonna tell you that I don’t know. But I bet you what, I know how to find the answer and I will find the answer.”— Will Smith
“Don’t ever let someone tell you that you can’t do something. You got a dream, you gotta protect it. When people can’t do something themselves, they are going to tell you that you can’t do it. You want something, go get it. Period.”— Will Smith
“I do not have to build a perfect wall today. I just have to lay a perfect brick.”— Will Smith
“It’s better to be prepared than to get ready.”— Will Smith
“Being realistic is the most common path to mediocrity.”— Will Smith
“Don’t chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing and work hard. The right people – the ones who really belong in your life – will come to you. And Stay.”— Will Smith
“I want the world to be better because I was here. I want my life, I want my work, my family, I want it to mean something and if you are not making someone else’s life better then you are wasting your time.”— Will Smith
“Your life will become better by making other lives better.”— Will Smith
“You don’t set out to build a wall. You don’t say ‘I’m going to build the biggest, baddest, greatest wall that’s ever been built.’ You don’t start there. You say, ‘I’m going to lay this brick as perfectly as a brick can be laid.’ You do that every single day. And soon you have a wall.”— Will Smith
“You are who you associate with. Look around at your five closest friends and that’s who you are. If you don’t want to be that person, you know what you gotta do.”— Will Smith
“Running and reading are the keys of life.”— Will Smith
“Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there.”— Will Smith
“Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity. Why would you be realistic? “What’s the point of being realistic? I’m going to do it. It’s done. It’s already done. The second I decide it’s done, it’s already done.”— Will Smith
“Remember, don’t try to build the greatest wall that’s ever been built. Focus on laying a single, expertly-placed brick. Then keep doing that, every day.”— Will Smith
“Fear is not real. It is a product of thoughts you create. Do not misunderstand me. Danger is very real. But fear is a choice.”— Will Smith
“I don’t want to be an icon. I want to be an idea. I want to represent possibilities.”— Will Smith
“Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.”— Will Smith
“Danger is very real but fear is a choice.”— Will Smith
“So if you stay ready, you ain’t gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life.”— Will Smith
“And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy’s sleeping? I’m working.”— Will Smith
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