Will Smith Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
10th January 2017
Quote: "In the last year I have gained a lot of Australian friends, Margot Robbie doesn't cry a lot... I've noticed that. I'm working with Joel Edgerton now. He told me he doesn't cry. Jai Courtney... I think it might be an (Aussie) thing." Will Smith has noticed his Australian co-stars don't really shed any tears.
2nd August 2016
Quote: "Jaden saw the movie and he said,'OK dude, here's the deal: you don't ever have to make another movie. You are done. You will never make another movie better than this. It's over. Keep it at home.'" Will Smith's 18-year-old son Jaden was left extremely impressed by his dad's new film Suicide Squad.
30th July 2016
Fact: Will Smith surprised Los Angeles police officers by showing up unexpectedly at two precincts in the city earlier this month (Jul16) as he researched his role as a cop in upcoming thriller Bright, TMZ.com reports. During his unannounced visits, the actor made a point to personally thank the officers for their hard work.
29th July 2016
Fact: Will Smith made three grand entrances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in America on Thursday night (28Jul16), including one on the back of a white horse made up to look like a unicorn as a choir sang his praises. He also rolled out on a red carpet in a giant hamster ball.
25th July 2016
Quote: "This is the type of thing that, no matter how cool you think you are, your kids think you suck. This is like the first time where like I'm cool for real. The Suicide Squad, I don't know what it is, but something about this idea and something about this cast has really captured something. So my kids are doing what I say, at least for the next couple of months." Will Smith has finally been given the thumbs up from his youngest kids, Jaden and Willow Smith, after tackling comic book villain Deadshot in the new Suicide Squad film.
4th April 2016
Quote: "(He tells me) to stay strong, keep the realness, stay truthful to your character, stay truthful to yourself, and keep your family around you. Keep God first. He excelled in music and acting and modeling at such a young age. I think I can do that too." Empire star Bryshere Gray, also known as Yazz the Greatest, is grateful for the career advice he received from his idol Will Smith.
14th December 2015
Quote: "If people... keep saying all the crazy kind of stuff they've been saying on the news, lately, about walls and Muslims, they're going to force me into the political arena." Will Smith reveals he'll tackle presidential hopeful Donald Trump if the property tycoon keeps offering up controversial 'solutions' to America's immigration and terrorism issues.
23rd November 2015
Quote: "When I was 15 years old, my first girlfriend cheated on me. And I remember making a decision that nobody would ever cheat on me again. And the way I was going to do that was by being the biggest actor on Earth... So there's been this weird psychology that I have always felt like: 'If my movies are number one, my life is going to work out great'." Will Smith on the drive that fuelled his early film successes.
1st November 2015
Quote: "Happy Birthday, my Bean. 15 years old today!! When you were born it took about 2 seconds to realize that I was willing to die for you. Thank you for correcting my heart - and teaching me how to love without constriction or condition." Proud father Will Smith honours his daughter Willow with a sweet social media post on her birthday on Saturday (31Oct15).
30th September 2015
Fact: Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith's little girl Willow has landed a modelling deal with The Society Management, the agency behind Kendall Jenner, Adriana Lima and Toni Garrn. The 21st Century Girl singer was recently named the face of Marc Jacobs for one of the designer's upcoming campaigns.
25th September 2015
Tweet: "You have a 100 per cent of my heart and for the rest of my days... Happy birthday, you exceptional man." Actress Jada Pinkett Smith sends her husband Will Smith a sweet message as he celebrates his 47th birthday on Friday (25Sep15). She also shared a cute photo of the Men In Black star as a baby.
5th August 2015
Tweet: "The media thinks my parents are getting divorced like every second hahaha!" Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's teenage daughter Willow laughs off reports her folks are heading for a split.
10th June 2015
Fact: Will Smith's actor/musician son Jaden Smith has landed a recurring role in director Baz Luhrmann's upcoming U.S. TV musical The Get Down. Smith, 16, will play a young and talented graffiti writer in the drama, about a group of cunning teenagers from the South Bronx.
26th February 2015
Fact: Jazzy Jeff left old pal Will Smith a little red faced when he Skyped into a U.S. Tv chat show on Wednesday night (25Feb15) to offer his musical services to the actor/rapper after Smith revealed he was considering mounting a return to the pop charts. The Men in Black star attempted to convince his former collaborator he was planning to contact him as soon as his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! was over.
25th February 2015
Quote: "I have that artist's mind, so I never know where my keys are, where my wallet is, and I don't really care a lot about clothes. I take my clothes off and drop them. I don't clean up stuff. I'm always trying to create something, and I need my creative state to be kind of cluttered." Will Smith tells TheMid.com he's a bit of a personal mess, but he likes it that way.
25th February 2015
Quote: "It's interesting because there were a lot of famous guys (in the movie). So everywhere I go, there's someone who's been in their underwear with my wife. It's just awkward." Will Smith admits he's still not comfortable with his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's role in the sequel to hit male stripper film Magic Mike.
19th February 2015
Fact: Will Smith returned to his rap roots during an appearance on America's Late Show With David Letterman on Wednesday (18Feb15) when he treated the studio audience to a brief performance of his 1998 hit Gettin' Jiggy Wit It after the house band played the instrumental for his walk-on music.
19th February 2015
Quote: "Margot Robbie, when we started shooting the film, she was 23. I was 46! So Jada and I were sitting around and we found out that Margot got cast and Jada pulled up pictures of Margot online and she said, 'Boy, you need to go to the gym right now!' So I started training immediately. I used to be able to pop in shape, it doesn't pop - other things pop now!" Actor Will Smith had to train hard to look good opposite his Focus co-star Margot Robbie.
11th February 2015
Quote: "I started before Christmas. No carbs (carbohydrates) on Christmas! It was terrible." Will Smith has already started his conditioning for new action movie Suicide Squad, despite the fact director David Ayer is still casting.
6th February 2015
Fact: Rapper/actor Will Smith took fans back to the '80s on Thursday (05Feb15) by teaming up with U.S. Tv host Jimmy Fallon to perform a rendition of hip-hop/house classic It Takes Two. The pals tried out a beatboxing iPad app to lay down the beats themselves, before looping it to use as their backing track as they belted out the Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock hit for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon audience.
20th January 2015
Fact: Will Smith, Kiefer Sutherland and Ed Sheeran are among the celebrities lined up to test their driving skills on U.K. motoring show Top Gear. They will all take part in the Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car segment, in which a celebrity races against the clock in a modest, family car. Sheeran, who does not have a driving licence, will be seen taking the challenge in the first episode of the new series, which airs in the U.K. on Sunday (25Jan15).
18th November 2014
Quote: "There are no novels that I like to read, so I write my own novels, and then I read them again, and it's the best thing." Will Smith's singer daughter Willow has literary ambitions.
23rd October 2014
Fact: Executives at America's Fox network are developing Will Smith's hit romantic comedy Hitch into a Tv series. The 2005 film grossed $368 million (£230 million) at the worldwide box office, and now studio bosses are hoping to find similar success with a comedy series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
18th August 2014
Fact: Actor/rapper Will Smith reunited with his former The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air co-star Dj Jazzy Jeff on Friday (15Aug14) to perform their 1991 hit song Summertime at Las Vegas' Palms Casino Resort pool party. Smith also danced along to The Sugarhill Gang's Apache (Jump On It), a staple song from the duo's popular 1990s sitcom.
18th February 2014
Quote: "It is absolutely terrifying and absolutely the most magnificent thing you'll ever experience. It taught me so much about fear..." Movie star Will Smith loved the adrenaline rush from his first skydiving experience in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
18th February 2014
Quote: "I think I could win a gold medal in the thing with the broom... curling! I look at that and I'm like, I don't know what the application is to life, but when I look at that, I think I could really add something to that sport... 'Cause curling is about the attitude." Will Smith is convinced he would do well in the Winter Olympics sport if he was ever given the chance.
6th January 2014
Fact: Actors Will Smith and Tyrese Gibson reached new heights during a visit to Dubai over the weekend (04-05Jan14) when they went indoor skydiving with the country's Crown Prince, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
16th December 2013
Fact: Justin Bieber has been crowned the king of Instagram - his photo with actor Will Smith has garnered 1.5 million likes since the teen idol posted the picture in August (13), making it the site's top rated snap of 2013.
15th November 2013
Quote: "When he eats bananas, he gets gas...! He's gonna kill me!" Actress Nia Long spills a smelly secret about her former Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air co-star Will Smith.
18th September 2013
Tweet: "If Everybody In The World Dropped Out Of School We Would Have A Much More Intelligent Society". Will Smith's actor son Jaden Smith is not a fan of education.
11th June 2013
Tweet: "Just saw After Earth. Despite critics, decent movie. Good M Night (M. Night Shyamalan) good direc (director). Wrong cast. Good movie." Kiss rocker Gene Simmons is convinced the sci-fi film flop would have fared better at the box office without Will Smith and his son, Jaden, in the lead roles.
7th June 2013
Quote: "I was in front of my son... It was pretty bad... It was a tragedy." Will Smith on the shame of his mis-kick during a soccer festival in London last month (May13), which went viral.
7th June 2013
Quote: "When you're an owner of the team you have rules... Miami (Heat) were in town, so LeBron (James) came up and said, 'Hey, wassup', and I gave him a pound, and you could hear the crowd go, 'Boooo!' I was like, 'Hey, I know him from other stuff'." Will Smith has learned he can't hang out with his basketball friends now he's a co-owner of his hometown Philadelphia 76ers.
7th June 2013
Fact: Will Smith kicked off the Nba finals in America on Thursday night (06Jun13) by appearing in a spoof trailer for a movie about a sightless official. The Men In Black star donned a black and white jersey and dark glasses and took to the court with a seeing-eye dog and a cane for Blind Ref on U.S. show Jimmy Kimmel Live! On the pre-game special, Kimmel also challenged basketball great Shaquille O'Neal to a hoops contest with toddler Internet sensation 'Trick Shot' Titus Ashby. The two year old prodigy beat the retired sportsman 8-0.
7th June 2013
Quote: "That was tragic. I was sitting at home (and) you get that information movie by movie; every hours somebody's calling. I was like, 'Uh-oh...' It's been like two decades since I had a movie that wasn't number one... I felt like I was a fighter, like I was the champ and I was walking to the ring... It was not nice." Will Smith is far from happy his new movie After Earth was not number one at the box office on Sunday (02Jun13).
4th June 2013
Quote: "What is the thing that Will could do to make me not love him, that would make me abandon him? I can't think of one. I'm sorry. Except if he did something bad to the kids; now we've got a problem." Actress Jada Pinkett Smith continues to debunk rumours her marriage to Will Smith is on the rocks.
30th May 2013
Quote: "I love Kylie and I love Kendall. They're just really good friends... We all just kind of hang out because we live in the same neighbourhood and they're really cool girls. I love hanging out with them. They're just friends." Will Smith's actor son Jaden plays down reports he's dating Kim Kardashian's half-sister Kylie Jenner.
28th May 2013
Fact: Will Smith was ridiculed by soccer fans in London on Saturday (25May13) when a penalty shot he took at the UEFA Champions Festival missed the goal. The Fresh Prince scuffed his effort to the side of the goalposts as sports fans jeered him. His son Jaden saved face by at least hitting the target. Dad missed a second shot too and then the teenager scored as Will tacked the goalkeeper. The Smiths were in London to promote new film After Earth.
22nd May 2013
Quote: "I've been messing around with Kanye. We went in the studio a couple times, so I might get the bug. I'm not going to do it unless I'm truly inspired, but 'Ye's been pushing me a little bit." Will Smith is considering a return to music with a little help from Kanye West.
21st May 2013
Quote: "The last movie I did (The Karate Kid), nobody spoke English, and in this movie (After Earth), I'm completely by myself. I'm waiting for the day when I can be in a movie with someone I can actually have a conversation with!" Will Smith's actor son Jaden yearns for some English-speaking company on film sets.
11th April 2013
Quote: "We had to have croc (crocodile) divers to clear the area before putting Jaden into the river. It was probably one of the worst displays of parenting in cinematic history." Will Smith on putting his son and co-star in peril on the jungle set of new film After Earth in Costa Rica.
5th April 2013
Quote: "We think it hugely important to support young artists, there is a war against that kind of artistry, that kind of creation…When somebody is 19 years old, they’re gonna do what they’re gonna do just like we did... For me the most important thing was for him to know anytime he can call and I'll come whatever happens." Will Smith will always be there for Justin Bieber.
10th March 2013
Tweet: "Love to big man Will Smith for the great talk yesterday. We know the truth and we must stand tall. Love u (sic) man! Thanks!" Troubled singer Justin Bieber was given a talk by Hollywood star Will Smith following the conclusion of his U.K. tour on Friday (08Mar13). Smith's son Jaden has been opening for Bieber at the shows.
5th March 2013
Fact: Will Smith showed his support for Rihanna on Monday night (04Mar13) by attending the afterparty for the launch of her first clothing line for British retail chain River Island in London.
9th January 2013
Fact: Will Smith's pop star daughter Willow has sampled Radiohead's Codex in her dark new single, titled Sugar And Spice.
11th June 2012
Fact: Will Smith and Arnold Schwarzenegger joined racing driver Lewis Hamilton's pop star girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger among the celebrities at the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal on Sunday (10Jun12). Hamilton won the race for the MCLaren Mercedes team.
7th June 2012
Quote: "You have to be friends, you have to be the best of friends, it's a must. For me there's been no other component towards the success. To me, I look at my husband as being much more than a husband... He's been a best friend, a father, a brother, a psychiatrist, you name it... I really look at him as a life partner because sometimes, for us in our relationship, husband can be a very narrow definition and so he's much broader than that for me." Jada Pinkett Smith brushes off ongoing rumours of marriage trouble with Will Smith by gushing about the key to their long relationship.
24th May 2012
Quote: "Going back, to black people, is not really a good thing. There's no time like before now that black people wanna go to... You wanna be in the Barack Obama time-space continuum, and head forward." Will Smith isn't interested in time travel.
24th May 2012
Quote: "We have too much stuff; it's like an ark... We have two boa constrictors... They're (daughter) Willow's, and we have, like, 10 dogs and we have cats and fish and we have tortoises and birds...I like to warn people that (wife) Jada, if she sees an animal that she thinks is suffering..., she will rescue it. If you have missing pets, they're probably at our house." Will Smith on his collection of pets.
24th May 2012
Quote: "I was concerned about my ears in 3D... but they worked it out; it didn't look like a car with the doors open." Will Smith wasn't sure about starring in a 3D Men In Black sequel.
24th May 2012
Quote: "He's a friend of the family. He comes and spends the night a lot... He's very polite. He's just loud... You know Justin's in the house because things are breaking and the music is loud... But he's a wonderful kid and I am very proud of what he's done." Will Smith on his occasional houseguest Justin Bieber.
22nd May 2012
Fact: The Ukrainian TV reporter who attempted to plant a kiss on Will Smith's lips at the Men in Black Iii Moscow premiere is the same guy who presented Madonna with hydrangeas at the Venice Film Festival in Italy last year (12) after the superstar stated she loathes the blooms in an interview.
21st May 2012
Quote: "For me, it's been three years off camera, and I just had to get back to work because Jaden, he really wants to make movies badly. Just at the dinner table, he's got a little bit of a predatorial (sic) look in his eye. He is so coming for me. He is so coming." Will Smith is glad to be returning to the big screen to defend his acting icon title from his teenage son Jaden.
17th May 2012
Quote: "I have done so many movies but in every country in the world that is the thing I am most known for, no matter how big the movies get... (But) as long as they are shouting 'Will' I am cool, I don't care what it's for." Will Smith is still best known for his breakthrough TV role in 1990s sitcom The Fresh Prince Of Bel-air.
4th May 2012
Quote: "You can't take that personally. It's a game... I can understand where somebody would have something in their heart where they need (to) stab at somebody, they need to poke at somebody, but I'm indestructible." Will Smith addresses gossip aimed at his personal life and 2011 rumours suggesting he and his wife Jada Pinkett Smith were on the verge of a split.
23rd March 2012
Fact: Rapper Pitbull has been chosen to record the theme song for Will Smith's upcoming movie Men In Black 3. The track, Back in Time, will be officially released on Monday (26Mar12).
15th March 2012
Fact: Will Smith and Cameron Diaz have shot a green slime shoot-off to promote the upcoming 2012 Kids' Choice Awards. After sliming Daniel Radcliffe and TV star Victoria Justice in the Men In Black-inspired ad, Smith, who is the host of this year's (12) ceremony, finds himself up against Diaz, who has brought along her own slime guns. The two stars wind up lying in a pool of green slime. The Kids Choice Awards take place at the end of the month (31Mar12).
24th February 2012
Fact: Will Smith, Queen Latifah, Cee-Lo Green and Mary J. Blige are among the stars who will remember tragic rapper Heavy D in a new TV documentary, set to air in America on Sunday (26Feb12). Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D will also feature never-before seen performances. The hitmaker passed away in November, 2011 at the age of 44.
3rd February 2012
Fact: Pre-teen pop star Willow Smith has made a bold new fashion statement - she's shaved her head. Will Smith's daughter showed off her new look in a snap on her Twitter.com page.
12th January 2012
Fact: Will Smith has signed on as the host of the 25th annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, which will be held in Los Angeles on 31 March (12).
11th January 2012
Quote: "Boys are irrelevant. I'm not dating. I have a best friend but he hasn't tried to hit on me yet." Will Smith's pop star daughter Willow has no interest in romance.
23rd October 2011
Fact: Will Smith and Eva Longoria will co-host fundraisers for U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday night (24Oct11). Obama will jet into Los Angeles on Monday for the parties.
8th July 2011
Fact: Karate Kid star Jaden Smith is celebrating his birthday on a family vacation in Hawaii. He was snapped on the beach with his dad, Will Smith, on the day her became a teenager (08Jul11).
7th July 2011
Fact: The February (11) issue of America's Vanity Fair magazine featuring Justin Bieber on the cover was the worst-selling issue in more than a decade. It sold just 246,000 copies, according to Women's Wear Daily. The figure marks the lowest total since Will Smith was featured to promote his 1999 film Wild, Wild WEST.
14th June 2011
Fact: Actor Will Smith surprised U.S. TV viewers on Tuesday (14Jun11) by walking on set during wife Jada's interview on The Talk. The Men in Black star, who was backstage in jeans and a T-shirt during the programme, reluctantly dropped in to greet the audience after chanting presenters requested he make a quick cameo.
25th May 2011
Fact: Michael Jackson's children have been spotted spending time with Will Smith's kids. Prince, 14, Paris, 13, and Blanket, nine, were photographed hanging out with Willow Smith, 10, and her brother Jaden, 12, on a movie set in Los Angeles earlier this week (beg23May11).
5th April 2011
Quote: "At home we can get a bit raunchy kissing and cuddling and he'll tell us to stop it. Willow thinks it's nice, she's glad we're loving each other. Jaden gets embarrassed but I tell him: 'Well, you are in our space; this is what we do'." Jada Pinkett Smith's children have differing views on her closeness to husband Will Smith.
16th March 2011
Fact: Justin Bieber enjoyed a late-night shopping trip with Will Smith's kids in London on Tuesday night (15Mar11). The pop star had dinner with Jaden and Willow Smith, before they all headed to famous toy store Hamleys.
11th March 2011
Fact: Will Smith's Agent J will travel back in time to 1969 in the new Men In Black sequel and meet John Lennon, Yoko Ono and his sidekick, Tommy Lee Jones' Agent K, as a younger man. Josh Brolin will play the younger Jones, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
16th February 2011
Quote: "I know Will and I love Willow and I told her she inspires me to whip my hair back and forth on stage." Lady GaGa was full of praise for Will Smith's 10-year-old daughter WILLOW, who has shot to pop stardom with her catchy single WHIP MY HAIR.
1st December 2010
Quote: "It has its challenges, but you do what you need to do for the sake of your kids. And for all of the love I have for Trey, it's just one of those things you just have to woman up. But I'm very proud to say, he's just turned 18! My boy's 18!" Jada Pinkett Smith on handling her responsibilities as a stepmum to husband Will Smith's eldest son TREY, from his first marriage to Sheree Zampino.
21st November 2010
Quote: "I get my flow from Daddy, my singing ability from Mummy, and the camera stuff from both. That's just what happens when you hang out with the Smiths!" Pop star and actress Willow Smith has inherited the talents of her father Will Smith and mother Jada Pinkett Smith.
25th October 2010
Quote: "I go upstairs, I turn on the TV, I watch Golden Girls. I love that show. It's just so funny!" Will Smith's singer/actress daughter Willow on her guilty pleasure before she goes to bed each night.
20th October 2010
Tweet: "WHAT WHAT WHAT!!!! I told u my lil sis Willow Smith is killin em (sic)!! 9 year old swag is CRAZY!" Teen pop sensation Justin Bieber is a big fan of Will Smith's daughter's video for her debut single WHIP MY HAIR.
8th September 2010
Fact: Will Smith's daughter Willow has released her first single, called Whip My Hair.
14th July 2010
Fact: Tom Cruise and Will Smith appear to be staging a big Hollywood TV project together after calling a summit meeting of small-screen stars. The movie hunks hosted a top-secret get-together with Eric Dane, Tom Arnold, Tate Donovan and Kathryn Morris at the Saddle Ranch diner on Sunset Boulevard on Monday (12Jul10).
20th June 2010
Quote: "Everywhere I go, girls mob me. When I was promoting The Karate Kid in Japan, they even made me lift up my shirt and flash my abs!" Will Smith's son JADEN is revelling in the female attention following the release of his hit movie.
18th June 2010
Quote: "He said, 'We have to make a movie together...' then one year later he called my office and said, 'Jackie, I want you to do The Karate Kid.' I said, 'OK, who's the teacher...?' I really forgot how old I am. I still think I'm a kid." Jackie Chan thought he'd be The Karate Kid in Will Smith's remake.
11th June 2010
Quote: "I think I'm a mummy's boy, more than a daddy's boy - because, when I'm shooting movies, he'll push me to the edge... of death!" Child star Jaden Smith on working with his tough task master father Will Smith, who is a producer on the 11 year old's new movie remake THE KARATE KID.
1st June 2010
Fact: Actor Jaden Smith is following in his father Will Smith's multi-talented footsteps - he has teamed up with pop sensation Justin Bieber in the studio. Smith raps on his fellow teen's new track Never Say Never, which was recorded for the soundtrack to Karate Kid.
18th May 2010
Quote: "I had my first onscreen kiss... I'm good at kissing." Will Smith's son JADEN had no problems puckering up for his new film THE KARATE KID.
18th May 2010
Quote: "It took a minute, but we got it and you realise we had our chance and now it's about those kids." Will Smith's first wife, SHEREE, on working with the movie star's second wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, to make sure their kids are always part of the family.
18th May 2010
Quote: "When I go to sleep at night right now I'm as financially nervous as I was 20 years ago." Will Smith worries about his wealth.
27th March 2010
Fact: Madonna enjoyed JAY-Z and Will Smith's Broadway musical FELA! so much, she took her daughter LOURDES to catch a performance of the show in New York on Thursday (25Mar10). The pop superstar first saw the play, about the life of revered African world music star Fela Kuti, last week (begs15Mar10).
8th January 2010
Quote: "I'm excited to meet everybody. I'm a real creep. There's footage of me meeting Will Smith and I'm making all of these weird sounds." PRECIOUS star Gabourey Sidibe is starstruck meeting her movie idols thanks to her newfound fame.
26th November 2009
Quote: "Will Smith and I used to go to the same bowling alley. We didn't know each other but I was like, 'Oh, that's the Fresh Prince!' Parents Just Don't Understand had just come out." Comedian Seth Green hung out at the same places in Philadelphia as the FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR star.
5th November 2009
Quote: "I consider myself to be of basically average talent. What I have that other people do not have is a sick, obsessive, raw animal drive." Will Smith insists his success is the result of his work ethic.
1st October 2009
Quote: "God bless Jada Pinkett Smith, who came up to me years ago and said, 'Girl, you don't know what you've done. You've opened the door that was shut.' I can't tell you how much that has meant to me." Whitney Houston was overcome with emotion after Will Smith's wife told her she was a pioneer for successful black women in Hollywood.
10th August 2009
Quote: "My husband and I always make time for sex! Always! No matter how busy we are. And if I told you the places! You would not even believe! It's crazy the risks that we take but that's what keeps it so much fun." Jada Pinkett Smith reveals a steamy secret to keeping her 11-year-marriage to Will Smith in tact.
5th August 2009
Quote: "My goal is to get deep into acting. I want to be like this generation's Will Smith, just Canadian and light-skinned." Rapper/actor DRAKE wants to emulate the success of the Men In Black star's Hollywood career.
15th July 2009
Quote: "When you have three kids, you've got to take your opportunities when they come. In a limo, on the way to the Academy Awards this year, Will started looking at me in this way that drives me wild. We started kissing passionately, and the next thing I knew, well, let's just say we missed the red carpet and I ended up with almost no make-up on." Actress Jada Pinkett Smith is still hot for her husband of 11 years, action star Will Smith.
16th June 2009
Quote: "Everything that we do is a family affair. Everything we do, we do together." Actress Jada Pinkett Smith insists on keeping her Hollywood star husband Will Smith and their children close by when she's working.
26th March 2009
Fact: Producers of the upcoming KARATE KID remake have changed the name of the movie. The new version, starring Will Smith's son JAYDEN, will be titled THE KUNG FU KID.
20th January 2009
Quote: "It was very difficult. But I got through it 'cause I am actually very good in bed." Actor Will Smith on baring all for love scenes in drama SEVEN POUNDS.
16th January 2009
Quote: "You can have your movies, you can have your career, but if you open against Daddy... I don't mind if you do win, but if you actually do win, there's no reason for you to live here." Will Smith on his box office battles with son JADEN, 10, and eight-year-old daughter Willow.
15th January 2009
Quote: "That dog had a slobbering problem so it would be there with spit hanging down from his mouth and in the middle of a take everyone would get it on them. I said 'I am so not working with this dog!'" Will Smith on the problems of having a canine co-star in new movie SEVEN POUNDS.
15th January 2009
Quote: "It's the ears, clearly it's the ears. Recognise the ears! He's written a fantastic start to the story. If, in eight years, when he's out (of office) there's a script, then yeah, I'll read it." Actor Will Smith would be more than happy to grant U.S. President elect Barack Obama's wish and portray him in a future biopic.
15th December 2008
Quote: "I'm not certain I'm actor enough yet... I need to make sure I'm man enough." Will Smith isn't sure he's ready to play Nelson Mandela and Marvin Gaye in upcoming movies.
15th December 2008
Quote: "He's funnier in person because his jokes get a little more daring. To this day, he doesn't call me Eva. He calls me Reva Melendez. He has this character he does named Redondo, an interviewer who never gets anyone's names right." Eva Mendes loves her HITCH co-star Will Smith's sense of humour.
13th December 2008
Quote: "He wasn't afraid, but he was definitely really nervous and very shy. We were going into this scene - we were crying, it was very emotional, and he's like, 'Yeah, we're going to get this scene!' And I was like, 'Yeah, you need to chill out a little bit - no more Redbull (energy drink) for you!" Rosario Dawson was stunned by her Will Smith's amped-up approach to their love scenes in new film SEVEN POUNDS.
7th December 2008
Quote: "Me and my mom and my sister, we, like, watch it every night... It's quite sad." Will Smith's son JADEN jokes about watching dad in re-runs of his hit TV show THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR.
6th December 2008
Quote: "I'm gonna buy my parents' house... I'm gonna give them a little apartment... (in) Texas." Will Smith's actor son JADEN has no plans to ever move out of his parents' Los Angeles mansion.
4th December 2008
Fact: Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment company has teamed up with D Media to launch Red Pearl Pictures in a deal to distribute Hollywood movies in the Middle East.
25th September 2008
Quote: "WILL and I are working on a comedy we're gonna do in the next year or so... I'm the straight guy and he does the jokes." Denzel Washington on his upcoming movie with pal Will Smith.
24th September 2008
Quote: "He and the water don't get along too well. He's usually on the beach clapping. He learned to clap this summer." Jada Pinkett Smith on learning to surf with her husband Will Smith.
24th September 2008
Quote: "We are trying to, yeah. We're just trying to find the right script." Jada Pinkett Smith plans to team up with her husband Will Smith to make another movie together. The couple starred together in 2001's ALI.
23rd September 2008
Quote: "You can't have two superstars in one family - we already have one." Jada Pinkett Smith doesn't aspire to be more famous than her Oscar-nominated husband Will Smith.
17th September 2008
Fact: SAMUEL L. JACKSON's new movie LAKEVIEW TERRACE was produced by Will Smith and features the I AM LEGEND star's brother-in-law CALEEB PINKETT.
11th September 2008
Quote: "It's too early for any filmmaker to even think about an OBAMA film. (Will Smith) has the ears for it though." Spike Lee admits Will Smith would be his first choice leading man for a biopic about U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama.
29th August 2008
Quote: "I'm turning 40 this year, so I'm going to be naked as much as possible before it's too late." Will Smith plans to strip down.
10th July 2008
Quote: "I like everything to be in order. It's one of those weird things I have. If I have cash in my pocket and the faces are mixed up, I have to put them right. The ones need to be together, the fives need to be together, and the faces need to be the right way. It's just the way I am." Will Smith confesses his compulsive habit.
4th July 2008
Quote: "I'm taking five months off. We're going to Bali. I'm clearly going to go crazy." Workaholic Will Smith fears he will find it hard to relax when he takes a long break from his acting career with wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
3rd July 2008
Quote: "I think I have an allergy to alcohol. Half a glass of red wine and I'm gone! I'm a cheap drunk!" Will Smith admits he can't take his drink.
2nd July 2008
Quote: "It's important for me to stay in good physical condition. When you marry a little firecracker like Jada Pinkett you have to stay in shape." Will Smith.
1st July 2008
Quote: "Charlize Theron is a fantastic actress - gorgeous, sexy, powerful, so much range. From drama to comedy, she can do all things fantastic, but she can't tell time!" Will Smith on learning co-star Theron was running late for the Hollywood premiere of their new film HANCOCK on Monday night (30Jun08).
1st July 2008
Quote: "I call him Captain Correction because he knows everything. He's always correcting you on something. Some fact, or the way you pronounce a word." Jada Pinkett Smith on husband Will Smith's need to be right.
29th June 2008
Fact: Will Smith studied W.C. Fields to play a grumpy, reluctant superhero in summer blockbuster HANCOCK.
29th June 2008
Quote: "He's scary smart. He plays chess. He taught us all how to solve the Rubik's Cube, though he's still the only guy who can do it... He can mentally exhaust you." Actor/director Peter Berg was impressed with Will Smith while working with the movie star on new action film HANCOCK.
27th June 2008
Fact: Will Smith will become the first movie star in Hollywood history to star in eight straight $100 million (GBP50 million) films if his new film HANCOCK lives up to expectations when it is released next week (02Jul08).
27th June 2008
Quote: "I'm only a poor actress, I can't afford this." British star Emma Thompson refused to pay $800,000 (GBP400,000) for a painting at a charity auction hosted by Hollywood star Will Smith at Nelson Mandela's birthday dinner on Wednesday night (25Jun08).
26th June 2008
Quote: "As soon as he writes the end of the story." Actor Will Smith's answer following questions asking when he will play the role of U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama in a big-screen biopic of the politicians life.
25th June 2008
Quote: "Will and I hit it off instantly. We're very similar people, both big pranksters and jokers, so we really enjoy each other's company." Charlize Theron became fast friends with HANCOCK co-star Will Smith.
21st June 2008
Quote: "I don't drink a lot. I've never had a hangover. But for the film I had to get a sense for that feeling." Actor Will Smith has to try some boozy method acting in order to get in character for his heavy-drinking superhero role in HANCOCK.
2nd June 2008
Quote: I was on this stage in 1988, so to be here today in 2008... I haven't always made great movies, but I've been trying real hard." Will Smith on collecting his Best Male Performance award for I AM LEGEND.
2nd June 2008
Quote: I was on this stage in 1988, so to be here today in 2008... I haven't always made great movies, but I've been trying real hard." Will Smith on collecting his Best Male Performance award for I AM LEGEND.
22nd April 2008
Quote: "At the time we were making this picture for $3 million, Will Smith was making I AM LEGEND for $150 million." Bette Midler on her low-budget new movie THEN SHE FOUND ME.
21st April 2008
Quote: "You don't want your movie to already have the porno title. You at least want them (porn film spoof producers) to have to change it from Men In Black to MEN IN BACK. You don't want to give them the whole thing." Will Smith is happy his new film HANCOCK was re-named from it's original title TONIGHT, HE COMES.
20th April 2008
Quote: "You don't want your movie to already have the porno title. You at least want them (porn film spoof producers) to have to change it from Men In Black to MEN IN BACK. You don't want to give them the whole thing." Will Smith is happy his new film HANCOCK was re-named from it's original title TONIGHT, HE COMES.
28th February 2008
Quote: "You can bet on Jada. You can hang your heart, life, dreams and wishes on her and know she is not going to drop them." Will Smith praises his wife JADA PINKETT SMITH.
24th February 2008
Quote: "I look at this woman every day and I'm always like, 'Somebody needs to honour you, girl!'" Will Smith thinks his wife Jada Pinkett Smith is most deserving of a tribute at the first Essence Magazine Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon on Thursday (21Feb08).
15th January 2008
Fact: Will Smith's nine-year-old son JADEN has landed a role in the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still. The young star is the latest addition to a cast which already includes Jennifer Connelly, Keanu Reeves and KATHY BATES.
8th January 2008
Quote: "When my knees stop working." Actor Will Smith has no plans to retire from the action movie genre anytime soon.
5th January 2008
Quote: "They're very, very funny. I keep telling them: 'You probably should let people know how funny you all are, 'cos y'all (are) hilarious." Will Smith thinks DAVID and Victoria Beckham could rival him in the comedy stakes.
28th December 2007
Fact: Best pals Tom Cruise and Will Smith have a new director in common - Peter Berg has met with Cruise with a view to taking charge of his new movie EDWIN A. SALT. Berg recently wrapped Smith's new film HANCOCK.
27th December 2007
Quote: "I don't get sick of seeing all that man." Jada Pinkett Smith loves looking at husband Will Smith naked.
24th December 2007
Fact: Will Smith studied the films of W.C. Fields with director Peter Berg as part of his preparation to play a drunken superhero in new film HANCOCK.
21st December 2007
Quote: "A legend, me? President, me? No, no. Barack for President and a real legend is Muhammad Ali." I AM LEGEND star Will Smith dismisses the extent of his celebrity.
21st December 2007
Quote: "If you can make a girl laugh, you're in there. It's like the pressure of the laugh makes her panties fall off." Movie star Will Smith believes laughter is the key to bedding women.
19th December 2007
Quote: "I received so many universal symbols of disapproval. It got so much I thought my name was F**k You!" Actor Will Smith angered New Yorkers when part of Manhattan had to be shut down so he could film new movie I AM LEGEND.
14th December 2007
Quote: "I was looking for this script for 10 years. I can remember sitting through Star Wars as a kid and being blown away by the creativity. I've been chasing that for years." Will Smith on his new movie I AM LEGEND.
12th December 2007
Quote: "We shut down 5th Avenue for about six blocks on a Monday morning. That was probably a bad idea... I was kinda like thinking that my name was 'F.U. Smith'." Will Smith on closing part of New York to shoot scenes in new sci-fi blockbuster I AM LEGEND.
11th December 2007
Quote: "I feel like (basketball superstar) Michael Jordan in the 80s. I am artistically in my prime. I feel like the next five to 10 years will be the best work that I've ever done." Will Smith promises his fans big things.
11th December 2007
Quote: "I've travelled around the world, I've been to schools in South Africa and Mozambique and schools in Israel... and there are specific ideas that I just think are important in the way that we educate. I want to build a prototype." Will Smith on his plans to bring international education to a school he is building in Malibu, California.
5th December 2007
Quote: "Math and science were always my strongest subjects. I always dreamed of designing a fully computerised classroom.... I've always loved the idea of connecting technology with education." Will Smith, who was once accepted to the Massachusetts Institute Of Technology.
4th December 2007
Quote: "How are you gonna know nothing about Scientology and attack somebody...? How can I condemn someone for what they believe and I believe that God was born from a pregnant virgin." Will Smith attacks those who criticise his pal Tom Cruise's Scientology beliefs.
4th December 2007
Quote: "I love living. I think that's infectious. That's something you can't fake. And I think the camera can feel I'm happy doing what I do." Will Smith explains his box office appeal.
4th December 2007
Quote: "Just because our beliefs are different, does that mean we are not allowed to be friends? Does that mean I need to take out my Bible and club him with it? Our Twin Towers came down because of ignorant religious fundamentalism." Will Smith refuses to listen to criticism about his Scientologist pal TOM CRUISE.
3rd December 2007
Quote: "JADEN is (like) Johnny Depp, he just wants to do good work... He loves acting, he just wants to make good movies. And Willow is (like) Paris Hilton. Willow wants to be on TV." Actor Will Smith on his children's big ambitions.
3rd December 2007
Quote: "Tom Hanks is the prototype of where I want to be." Will Smith has high aspirations.
26th November 2007
Quote: "If you want to win an Oscar, you need to play a historical figure, or someone who's mentally ill. So the moment I saw that Forest was playing both, I knew I had no chance." Will Smith insists he expected his role in THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS to be beaten by Forest Whitaker's performance in THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND for the Best Actor Academy Award earlier this year (07).
21st November 2007
Quote: "I've studied Buddhism and Hinduism, and I've studied Scientology through Tom." Will Smith has been receiving Scientology lessons from his pal TOM CRUISE.
5th November 2007
Quote: "That was aggressive. I don't think anyone's going to be able to do that in New York again any time soon. People were no happy. That's the most middle fingers I've ever gotten in my career." Will Smith on closing down several blocks of Fifth Avenue in Manhattan for scenes in his new sci-fi movie I AM LEGEND.
5th November 2007
Quote: "He's the only person that I've ever met that can match me, step for step, with energy, with work, with desire." Will Smith sees a soulmate in TOM CRUISE.
16th October 2007
Fact: Outkast star BIG BOI and Will Smith are to collaborate on a new TV sitcom called UNCLE RUDY.
11th October 2007
Fact: Will Smith is to team up with his ALI director Michael Mann again to play a global media mogul in EMPIRE.
19th September 2007
Quote: "Ten years of marriage and I still get felt up - I like that!" Jada Pinkett Smith loves all the attention from her husband Will Smith as the celebrity couple prepares to celebrate 10 years of marriage.
13th June 2007
Quote: "My ex-wife's brother has the most perfectly symmetrical teeth and eyebrows I've ever seen. When I look in the mirror, I always see my ears." Will Smith is insecure about his features.
10th May 2007
Fact: Hollywood star Will Smith will celebrate his 10th wedding anniversary with Jada Pinkett Smith later this month (May07) at Castle Odescalchi in Bracciano, Italy - the same venue where Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes married last November (06).
9th May 2007
Fact: Will Smith's kid JADEN is set to play a young inventor in his first acting role since playing his real dad's son in The Pursuit of Happyness. The eight-year-old will play a precocious youngster trapped in a science centre during a school field trip, according to Daily Variety.
8th March 2007
Fact: Will Smith's wife Jada Pinkett Smith was passed over for the role of her future husband's girlfriend in the 1980s sitcom THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR because she was too short.
27th February 2007
Fact: John Travolta and Kelly Preston are planning to co-star in a comedy with their six-year-old daughter ELLA after being inspired by Will Smith starring with his son JADEN in THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS.
27th February 2007
Fact: Sarah Michelle Gellar was in demand at the Oscars post-show parties on Sunday night (25FEB07) - Will Smith spent the evening trying to track the former Buffy The Vampire Slayer star down, so his son JADEN, an Academy Awards presenter, could meet his idol.
19th February 2007
Quote: "The biggest box-office man in the world right now is Will Smith and, after spending time with him, I see that he has a quality that most people will never have. I don't smile that much." HUSTLE + FLOW star Terrence Howard is impressed by Will Smith's happy demeanour.
29th January 2007
Quote: "We tried to get him to come tonight, but he is so unaffected. He was playing PS3 with his brother and he was done." Will Smith couldn't persuade his computer gamer son and THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS co-star, JADEN, to join him at the Screen Actors Guild Awards last night (28JAN07).
9th January 2007
Quote: "There has to be some magic. That's why it's hugely important to me to be involved in the Fresh Prince.. I mean the Prince's Trust." Speaking in London yesterday (08JAN07) at the Prince's Trust lunch for his new film THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS, Will Smith jokingly confuses the charity with his former TV show THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR.
18th December 2006
Fact: Will Smith is riding his luck after finding that acting with his kids brings out the best in him - he'll act alongside daughter Willow in his next movie. The actor won his first Golden Globe Awards nomination for his new film THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS, which features his son JADEN.
18th December 2006
Quote: "There's not a whole lotta black folks that ski... I'm doing my best out there... I'm pretty good." Will Smith accepts his role as the African-American skiing ambassador.
11th December 2006
Quote: "He really is his own kind of creation. Me and JADA wanna take credit for it, but we went to Mexico and got some tequila and nine months later he showed up." Will Smith insists he and wife Jada Pinkett Smith can't take the credit for their eight-year-old son JADEN's talent.
1st December 2006
Quote: "J.LO and Marc Anthony were hilarious. I need to hang with them." Will Smith was impressed with Hollywood's new comedy double act at Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' Italian wedding.
1st December 2006
Quote: "JADA wants more kids and I don't know where she's going to get them from." Will Smith discusses his wife's plans to expand their family.
23rd November 2006
Fact: CHRIS GARDNER, the homeless father who became a multi-millionaire and inspired Will Smith's new movie THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS, bought his first Ferrari sportscar from sports legend MICHAEL JORDAN.
18th November 2006
Quote: "It will be a beautiful wedding. They are a beautiful couple. I can't wait to party!" Will Smith is looking forward to pal Tom Cruise's Italian wedding today (18NOV06).
14th June 2006
Quote: "Will Smith and I are cool... When I do a movie, he'll send a gift basket with a note, and I do the same for him." Rapper Ice Cube on his Hollywood acquaintances.
7th May 2006
Quote: "We're gonna do a metal version of GETTIN' JIGGY WIT IT as a bonus track on our next album." Actress-turned-heavy rocker Jada Pinkett Smith plans to pay tribute to her husband Will Smith on the next WICKED WISDOM album.
12th April 2006
Fact: MEN IN BLACK star Will Smith is set to star in new action thriller GREENBACKS, about an American who stumbles across a plot to destabilise the world's economy by mass-producing perfect counterfeit dollar bills.
7th March 2006
Quote: "I'm just mad they got an Oscar before me." Will Smith jokes he has mixed feelings about three six mafia's shock Oscar win for Best Song (IT'S HARD OUT HERE FOR A PIMP).
9th February 2006
Quote: <p>"I always wanted to make raps that could be respected in the barbershop but that an old white lady could also understand. So I'm Jadakiss meets Will Smith." Rapper Kanye West on his ideal appeal. </p>
29th December 2005
Quote: <p>"One of the most expensive shots in the whole movie was that naked shot because they had to digitally remove my, you know, stuff. It was very expensive for that amount of digital work!" Will Smith is modest about his big role in I, ROBOT. </p>
2nd December 2005
Fact: <p>OUTKAST star Big Boi and rapper TI are planning to get their skates on in a new Will Smith film. The pair will feature in the untitled project, which is about their native Atlanta's skating rink culture. </p>
1st December 2005
Fact: <p>Hollywood actor Will Smith has signed up to play a flawed superhero going through a midlife crisis in TONIGHT HE COMES. </p>
24th November 2005
Quote: <p>"I told her, 'I won! Now, little girl, you're going to get it tonight.'" Will Smith told reporters he planned to GET JIGGY WIT' IT in the bedroom with his wife Jada Pinkett Smith after being crowned Favourite Pop/Rock Male Artist at the American Music Awards on Tuesday night (22NOV05). </p>
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