My school was 90 percent white, but 90 percent of the kids I played with were black. So I got the best of both worlds. I think that is where my comedy developed.
Will SmithRead
In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote reflects confidence and self-belief in one's potential, despite external perceptions.
In this quote, Will Smith expresses the idea that he has always believed in his own greatness and star power, even when others did not recognize it. It highlights the importance of self-confidence and the notion that one's worth or potential is not determined by others' opinions but rather by one's own mindset and determination to succeed.
Themes
Self-BeliefPotentialConfidenceSuccessMotivational
In practice
Example use cases
Use this quote in a motivational speech to encourage young artists to believe in their dreams.
More from Will Smith
All quotes βThe first eight years of schooling was with all white people. So that helped me to understand how white people think. I think that transition is what helped me bridge the gap, because that's what my success has really been about: bridging the gap between the black community and the white community.
Will SmithRead
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.
Will SmithRead
I'm profoundly changed. There's a bittersweet emotion that I feel from playing this role. . . . I want the world to be different because I was here. However lofty or crazy or delusional that may sound, I want people's lives to be better because I was here.
Will SmithRead
The separation of talent and skill is one of the largest misconceptions in modern society. Talent is something you born with, but skill can only be attained through Hours and Hours of hard work perfecting your talent as a craft. Which is why Talent will fail you without skill.
Will SmithRead
If you learn how to defeat that person when you're running. You will know how to not quit when things get hard in your life.
Will SmithRead
Similar quotes
There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.
Rita DoveRead
Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.
Mahatma GandhiRead
When we set goals we are in command. If we know where we are going, we can judge more accurately where we are now and make effective plans to reach our destination.
Ezra Taft BensonRead
You will never ever be successful until you turn your pain into greatness, until you allow your pain to push you from where you are to push you to where you need to be. Stop running from your pain and embrace your pain. Your pain is going to be a part of your prize, a part of your product. I challenge you to push yourself.
Eric ThomasRead
You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.
Harriet MartineauRead
David Beckham is Britain's finest striker of a football not because of God-given talent but because he practises with a relentless application that the vast majority of less gifted players wouldn't contemplate.
Alex FergusonRead