At 3 years old, I was telling people that I was going to be a star. I never had a plan B. And I’ve never compromised my integrity to get what I have. – Jada Pinkett Smith
When we met, I never thought in a million years that Will Smith and I would be together. – Jada Pinkett Smith
I really look at children as being little people and not necessarily things or people to control. – Jada Pinkett Smith
When I was growing up, my mother only put her foot down once: She said, ‘You are going to college.’ And that was a lifesaving moment. But she never talked to me about my clothes or hair. So I learned how to parent my kids through her. – Jada Pinkett Smith
I don’t really cook much. I’m more of a baker. My favorite things to bake that everybody loves, and I can only keep in the house for about ten minutes, are 7-Up cake and Pineapple Upside-Down cake. – Jada Pinkett Smith
I’ve always told Will, ‘You can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and be okay.’ Because at the end of the day, Will is his own man. I’m here as his partner, but he is his own man. He has to decide who he wants to be, and that’s not for me to do for him. Or vice versa. – Jada Pinkett Smith
Human spirit, things that aren’t tangible, fascinate me, so I’m always researching mind, spirit, soul. – Jada Pinkett Smith
I think, as women, we have to stop being scared to be the women we want to be and we have to raise our daughters to be the women they want to be – not the women we think they should be. – Jada Pinkett Smith
Tupac and I were just close friends because we had such an insatiable drive and passion for acting and entertainment. – Jada Pinkett Smith
Art should never be limited – the beauty of art is that it gives us the freedom to go places where we wouldn’t go to in our normal lives. Inside, I’m just so many different people. I go from the pretty girl on the red carpet to the singer at Ozzfest, spitting in the crowd. That’s Jada. – Jada Pinkett Smith
I can’t cook! It’s genetic. My grandmother can’t cook, my mother can’t cook. I was raised to believe you eat because your body needs fuel for energy, so I eat super foods. – Jada Pinkett Smith
I learned that surrounding myself with people who are able to help me is like being surrounded by tangible godliness. – Jada Pinkett Smith
I don’t think I’ve made my favorite film yet. But I loved ‘Bamboozled.’ ‘Bamboozled’ to me is off the chain. It’s definitely in the ranking. I loved ‘Bamboozled.’ – Jada Pinkett Smith
I might get some more animals or something, but I’m done with the kids. I got a boy, I got a girl, and I got an older boy. I’m straight. – Jada Pinkett Smith
I definitely want to make it very clear to everybody that the educational institution that we have, the school that Will and I have, is not a Scientology school. And that, you know, I know there’s been, you know, a lot of buzz around that idea and that it is not my desire to, you know, teach Scientology at all. – Jada Pinkett Smith
We have to nurture our young women and understand the beauty and the strength of being a woman. It’s kind of a catch-22: Strength in women isn’t appreciated, and vulnerability in women isn’t appreciated. It’s like, ‘What the hell do you do?’ What you do is you don’t allow anyone to dictate who you are. – Jada Pinkett Smith
It’s not easy working with your husband, I’ll be straight up about that. But when we work together, we always get great product. It’s not easy in the process and as we go along it gets easier, but yeah, it gets a little sticky. – Jada Pinkett Smith
I’m not here to – as a parent, I believe we are specifically here to help our children mature in the way that they can take on their own lives. I’m not here to live their lives for them. That’s not my job. – Jada Pinkett Smith
I’m not one about trying to slow things down. What I try to do is create an atmosphere for my family where we can pretty much have whatever. – Jada Pinkett Smith
Women, you can have it all – a loving man, devoted husband, loving children, a fabulous career. – Jada Pinkett Smith
I won’t sell my soul to the devil, but I do want success and I don’t think that’s bad. – Jada Pinkett Smith
When I believe in something, I’m very passionate. I don’t take ‘no’ for an answer. – Jada Pinkett Smith
Do whatever rejuvenates you. It might be a cooking class, cocktails with the girls, or just private time with the hubby. We all have our moments where we run out of steam because we’ve given everything we’ve got to everyone else. Whoever decided that was a good thing? It’s not. Everyone needs to refuel. – Jada Pinkett Smith
I have a thing for doors. I always think of them as a threshold to something new. – Jada Pinkett Smith
I feel like, to me, art is a ladder to God, in my own opinion, you know. And so, for me, the more people that I can reach through many different artistic avenues, the better. – Jada Pinkett Smith
Know this, if someone has cheated on you who truly loves you, they have hurt themselves as much as they have hurt you. – Jada Pinkett Smith
One of the reasons why I decided to participate in ‘HawthoRNe’ was I really wanted the opportunity to show how ordinary people do extraordinary things. – Jada Pinkett Smith