Jada Pinkett Smith Quotes

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Jada Pinkett Smith

Profession : Actress

Birth : September 18, 1971

Will and I are yin and yang. He's all sky, vast and bright and soaring, and I'm all earth. I'm here to ground him, and he's here to help me fly.

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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.

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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.

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I think that old school style of 'I'm your parent and I'm greater than you' doesn't work. What I establish with my children is a partnership.

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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.

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I really look at children as being little people and not necessarily things or people to control.

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When I believe in something, I'm very passionate. I don't take 'no' for an answer.

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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.

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Nobody I know would have expected me to marry Will, and nobody he knows would have expected him to marry me because we are so opposite. Yet we're perfect for each other.

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.

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I would say being deeply involved in the art world would help keep a young artist on track. Doing what you love, so that your focus is your artistry.

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It's very important to prioritize. I know, for me, my family comes first. That makes every decision very easy.

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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.

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Oh, I laugh hard every day. I mean, my husband is Will Smith! I'm telling you, that's one of the joys of being married to him. My life full of laughter. Thank God I have him. My life is full of laughter because of that man.

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I'm the glue that keeps it all together. I'm the nucleus of an entertainment family. My day-to-day is making decisions to keep life above water.

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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.

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I find fame to be quite unnatural. Humans are not built for extreme adoration.

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I love religion and have contemplated going back to school to get a world religion degree.

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How can we ask for our young stars to have a high level of responsibility if we are not demonstrating that same level of responsibility towards them?

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