Quotes About Success

Angelina Jolie, Tom Cruise, and Will Smith are hall-of-famers. When they hit the red carpet, they know exactly what they're going to do, how they're going to do it. Damn, they're good.

My biggest hero when I was a kid was Will Smith. I used to watch 'Fresh Prince,' and I was a huge fan of his albums. I bought all of his albums when I was a kid. Now, he is the biggest movie star in the world.

Will Smith is one of my favorite actors, and he's also a triple threat. He successfully crossed over from music into acting.

Will Smith played Chris Gardner better than Chris Gardner ever did.

There's this index that tallies up how much your movies have made, and if they haven't grossed a certain amount, then you're not bankable. I know I'm not Will Smith but, you know, my ranking's pretty low. The only studio picture I've done is 'Zodiac,' and that didn't perform that well.

To be compared to Will Smith is probably one of the coolest things because that's who I came up admiring.

I met my husband, Will Smith, when I was 19 and auditioned to be his date on 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.' They said I was too short to play the part.

The only way to ensure a film is going to sell is put Will Smith in it and you open it in 3,000 theaters and make sure we have all the top promotional spots in each venue.

I speak to my agent about great roles, and he's like, 'They are all going to Will Smith.'

I dreamed of doing stuff like Will Smith and films on a big scale.

When I saw 'Independence Day,' I said, 'I want to be like Will Smith.' I want to do something like that. If he can do it, maybe one day I can come close to a set like that.

I grew up carrying crates of records for Will Smith and those guys.

Will Smith has always been an inspiration for me.

I came into the business where Will Smith was pretty much taking over the world - or defending it, if you will. He was showing success on so many different fronts - television, recording, movies. So that was really my prototype in terms of looking at the business and seeing where you fit in.

When I grew up my role model was Will Smith. I wanted to have my own TV show, do films where I can do comedy and big films such as 'I Am Legend'.

One day I want to be like Will Smith.

I had a lot of success from the start. I never really was tested for long periods of time. I got my first professional job while I was a senior in college. I signed with the William Morris Agency before I graduated.

I thought I'd be a success even back in the mailroom at William Morris.

I was aware that everybody said I was going to be a vast mega-flop, and that William Hague was just oh-so intelligent, and oh such a great parliamentarian, and therefore so different from me! So I thought, I must deprive them of the satisfaction of proving themselves right.

I wish my friends at William Morris Endeavor all the best.

I am one of the graduates of the William Morris famous, famous mail room from the '60s.

As an actor, you've worked very hard, and you've been doing this for 20-some years, and William Morris was never interested - or any studio, either - in your company or as an actor, and then 'God's Not Dead' happens, and now everyone calls you.

The people I believed in were people like William Lever, the great philanthropic industrialist - self-made men who realised anyone could achieve.

William Shatner is living proof that if you are talented and nice, you can work in this industry forever.