I like boxing movies. One of the hardest things for me to watch as far as boxing films, is the boxing. The actual boxing usually sucks.

It’s natural for any actor that segues into directing to be an actor’s director. You know how to relate to the actors.

Classic film, … but when you see it, you’ll see why you need to see the violence. It justifies everything you’ve heard about it — everything that makes it an iconic film. You know what...

People are realizing that color has no bearing on what’s known as brotherhood.

He’s young and he’s cocky, and then he grows up, … My character learns a lot about life, that basketball isn’t everything. I think this film touches upon how much you are willing to sacrifice...

People don’t want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That’s why they watch soap operas.

He made it a lot of fun, … That was the fun part.

That word, fan, has always kind of bothered me.

Twenty years from now, I see myself being at the helm of a multimedia conglomerate, a powerful company with a solid film division, a budding music division, a solid television division, … And I want...

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...

A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts.

The world is as it should be.

Boxing, for me, it’s the beginning of all sports. I’m willing to bet that the first sport was a man against another man in a fight, so I think that’s something innate in all of...

There’s show and there’s business. Business is a whole other beat.

I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?

We were all Romans once, I guess.

I spend 90 percent of my time saying no, and my accountant yells at me for it, but when I started in this business, I wanted my career to have legs.

Whatever art form you’re working in, it’s crucial to see it clearly, to feel it clearly, and not to worry about the results, or how someone else will see it.

I don’t want to give it away, but he’ll get some pie in his face sure enough.

I’ve never taken myself too seriously.

Writing is the beast unto itself.

We’re in Hollywood. I meet people like that every day.

If someone saves your life, you develop a brotherhood, no matter what your race.

You want to live your own life, but when you have fame, there are certain things you can’t get away with.