Will Smith

"Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you gotta protect it."

"If you want somethin' go get it. Period."

"This part of my life... this little part... is called happiness."

"You got a dream, you gotta protect it."

"Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something."

"Maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue. And maybe we can actually never have it."

"When I had children, my children were gonna know who their father was."

"If you ask me a question and I don't know the answer, I'm gonna tell you that I don't know."

"I know how to find the answer, and I'll find the answer."

"He must have had on some really nice pants."

"Probably means there's a good chance I can get a bone density scan."

"I was behind on my taxes. One day, I left a taxi in front of the park, and the driver took off with all my possessions."

"You wanna hear something funny? There was no happiness in my life. There was only pursuit."

"I gotta go to work."

✨Dreams & Hope

"You have a dream, and I have a dream."

"Hey. Don't move. Just stand there. Don't move."

"This is me, part of an internship program. We hold a contest at the end, and the winner gets a job."

❤️Love & Romance

"I'm gonna make this up to you, okay?"

"Never let anyone tell you differently."

"It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

"And I remember thinking: How did he know to put the pursuit part in there?"

"That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue."

"And maybe we can actually never have it, no matter what."

"I just have two questions for you: What do you do, and how do you do it?"

"Just filling out a check, paying some bills and a parking ticket."

"Possibly means we might or we might not."

"It's not "H-A-P-P-Y-N-E-S-S" Happiness is spelled with an "I" instead of a "Y""

""Fuck" is spelled right but you shouldn't use that word."

"It's, um, an adult word used to express anger and, uh, other things."

Quote Expansion Notes

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Will Smith quote note: credited source first

Read every Will Smith line through source attribution first: movie, character, and scene context matter before the line becomes a reusable quote.

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Will Smith performance lens

The actor archive connects Will Smith to Chris Gardner, so readers can compare performance tone instead of seeing isolated text fragments.

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Movie context behind the line

The Pursuit of Happyness gives the first credited line its genre pressure, emotional stakes, and reason to be remembered.

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Themes readers can follow

This actor page connects the current quote set to dreams, motivation, life, and hope, which gives visitors a reliable path into related quote collections.

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Tag pattern for discovery

Tags such as dreams, determination, parenting, action, happiness, and life make the actor page useful even when readers remember the feeling of a line before they remember the exact film.

#dreams

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Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness

Use this credited Will Smith line as a source-aware quote: it belongs to The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) and carries dreams / motivation context.

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The Pursuit of Happyness quote angle

The line works differently when read as part of a drama / biography story rather than as an anonymous saying.

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dreams connection

For readers browsing by theme, this quote naturally leads toward dreams, determination, and parenting and keeps Will Smith's performance attached to that path.

#dreams

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Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness

Use this credited Will Smith line as a source-aware quote: it belongs to The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) and carries motivation / dreams context.

Note 10

The Pursuit of Happyness quote angle

The line works differently when read as part of a drama / biography story rather than as an anonymous saying.

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action connection

For readers browsing by theme, this quote naturally leads toward action, determination, and dreams and keeps Will Smith's performance attached to that path.

#action

Note 12

Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness

Use this credited Will Smith line as a source-aware quote: it belongs to The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) and carries life / hope context.

Note 13

The Pursuit of Happyness quote angle

The line works differently when read as part of a drama / biography story rather than as an anonymous saying.

Note 14

happiness connection

For readers browsing by theme, this quote naturally leads toward happiness, life, and milestone and keeps Will Smith's performance attached to that path.

#happiness

Note 15

Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness

Use this credited Will Smith line as a source-aware quote: it belongs to The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) and carries dreams / motivation context.

Note 16

The Pursuit of Happyness quote angle

The line works differently when read as part of a drama / biography story rather than as an anonymous saying.

Note 17

dreams connection

For readers browsing by theme, this quote naturally leads toward dreams, protection, and belief and keeps Will Smith's performance attached to that path.

#dreams

Note 18

Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness

Use this credited Will Smith line as a source-aware quote: it belongs to The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) and carries motivation context.

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The Pursuit of Happyness quote angle

The line works differently when read as part of a drama / biography story rather than as an anonymous saying.

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belief connection

For readers browsing by theme, this quote naturally leads toward belief, encouragement, and dreams and keeps Will Smith's performance attached to that path.

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Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness

Use this credited Will Smith line as a source-aware quote: it belongs to The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) and carries life / wisdom context.

Note 22

The Pursuit of Happyness quote angle

The line works differently when read as part of a drama / biography story rather than as an anonymous saying.

Note 23

happiness connection

For readers browsing by theme, this quote naturally leads toward happiness, pursuit, and reflection and keeps Will Smith's performance attached to that path.

#happiness

Note 24

Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness

Use this credited Will Smith line as a source-aware quote: it belongs to The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) and carries family / life context.

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The Pursuit of Happyness quote angle

The line works differently when read as part of a drama / biography story rather than as an anonymous saying.

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fatherhood connection

For readers browsing by theme, this quote naturally leads toward fatherhood, commitment, and children and keeps Will Smith's performance attached to that path.

#fatherhood

Note 27

Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness

Use this credited Will Smith line as a source-aware quote: it belongs to The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) and carries wisdom / life context.

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The Pursuit of Happyness quote angle

The line works differently when read as part of a drama / biography story rather than as an anonymous saying.

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honesty connection

For readers browsing by theme, this quote naturally leads toward honesty, interview, and character and keeps Will Smith's performance attached to that path.

Note 30

Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness

Use this credited Will Smith line as a source-aware quote: it belongs to The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) and carries motivation / wisdom context.