Quotes from Terrence Howard

I just wanted to be a scientist.

In every person we meet there's this little piece of God in them and that's who you talk to. And that's the only person that you allow to talk to you. When something else is speaking, you walk away from that. If it's not good, if it's not love, you walk away from it.

We call the Creator father, because we rely upon Him to protect us, guide us, feed us, keep us warm, to discipline us and all those things. I try to take my cue from the Creator, with regard to my children.

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.

If a relationship is built on sexuality, it won't last long.

I've always had a natural fear of the police, or abuse of their power.

My life's experiences, I've always had, my uncle used to call it antenna. I know what's going to happen oftentimes before it happened when it's involving me

Every artist has to grow, and has to challenge themselves with a new form of expression.

The difference with Cleveland is that the racial tension was not a casual taste of it. It was outlandish.

It's just me and my guitar, and the rhythm's from there, and the poetry of life.

And I'm very surprised that all this stuff actually worked out to where I could have a career in film, gain the benefit of my education, and be thankful that I was able to break into my craft as an actor.

The purpose of my life is being a father to my kids and being a husband to my wife.

I ad lib. I've gotta bring my own into it.

So I show appreciation for the little gifts that have been handed to me.

I don't think President Obama has been that revolutionary in reaching out to ethnic communities. President Reagan did a lot for the black community that people don't realize.

Every little job becomes a dream, and you don't recall it anymore, and maybe you might have a deja vu moment, but it's like something you dreamed earlier.

No, most of the decisions that I make with regard to taking roles, I just look for something that's challenging, something that I think I can accomplish, you know.

When you hear buzz around the beehive, you know they're making honey in there.

Sometimes the only way to make palatable that which is appalling and apprehensive is to season it with some humor.

The only thing that really matters in the initial part of my career, the worst mistake I've ever made was try to do things to please the audience thinking how the audience is going to respond if I do this.

I don't have any love for this business or the game or for acting. This is my day job.

Every role you play is literally - and I've said this before - every single role that you play, the only way you can connect to that character is because that was a piece of you that was scattered around that yard, almost like we got caught up in some whirlwind.

Every one of us is an artist, and as an artist, you really can stroll into any venue that you want, as long as you take your time to learn the etiquette of that venue.