Credited movie context
Every quote remains attached to The Pursuit of Happyness, the credited character, and the actor, which prevents the page from becoming an anonymous quote roundup.
Movie Collection
2006 • Drama / Biography
At a glance
65 quote cards
35 credited movie quotes
30 source-aware notes
2 characters
2 actors
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) has 35 curated quotes in the MovieQuotes archive, with attribution to Chris Gardner and Will Smith. This page gives the collection more context than a bare quote list by connecting the lines to dreams, motivation, and life.
The editorial value of this drama / biography page is source-aware browsing: readers can see who says the line, which performance carries it, and which themes make it useful for captions, speeches, reflection, or discovery.
Start with Chris Gardner's credited line and read it as part of The Pursuit of Happyness's larger emotional pattern. The surrounding tags — dreams, determination, parenting, and action — help explain why this movie page belongs in the archive even when the current data set is still small.
Every quote remains attached to The Pursuit of Happyness, the credited character, and the actor, which prevents the page from becoming an anonymous quote roundup.
The collection connects to dreams, motivation, and life, helping readers move from one remembered line into broader emotional or practical quote paths.
The page is structured so new quotes from The Pursuit of Happyness can be added without rewriting the route component or losing the existing editorial frame.
The Pursuit of Happyness works as an archive page because the quote data, movie attribution, character credit, and related tags are visible together. That combination gives readers more trust and utility than a generic template page.
Editorial review: 2026-04-24
This section now fills the movie page with 65 quote cards: 35 credited movie quotes plus 30 original source-aware notes. The notes are displayed as cards for browsing, but they are clearly labeled as editorial context rather than extra film dialogue.
"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."
"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."
"I'm gonna make this up to you, okay?"
"You're a good papa."
"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."
"There was a man who was drowning, and a boat came, and the man on the boat said "Do you need help?""
"Then another boat came and he tried to help him, but he said "No thanks, God will save me", then he drowned and went to Heaven."
"Then the man told God, "God, why didn't you save me?""
"It means we're not going to the game."
"Shelby comin' round the mountain when she comes, Shelby comin' round the mountain when she comes!"
This page keeps the actual quote list limited to 35 verified lines from The Pursuit of Happyness, then adds original context notes instead of inventing extra dialogue.
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) is treated as a drama / biography quote collection, so readers can understand how genre shapes the lines.
The collection is anchored by Chris Gardner and Christopher, which keeps each quote connected to a speaker rather than floating as an anonymous saying.
Credited performers such as Jaden Smith and Will Smith are part of the quote value because delivery, timing, and character framing affect how a line is remembered.
This movie page connects its quote set to dreams, motivation, life, and hope, giving readers more paths than a single title-based archive.
Tags such as dreams, determination, parenting, action, happiness, life, and milestone help readers browse The Pursuit of Happyness by feeling, idea, or use case when they do not remember the exact wording.
Read this Chris Gardner line as part of The Pursuit of Happyness's drama / biography storytelling, not as a detached inspirational sentence.
Will Smith's credited performance helps explain why the quote carries tone, emotion, or authority beyond the words alone.
For thematic browsing, this quote naturally connects to dreams, determination, and parenting and dreams and motivation.
Read this Chris Gardner line as part of The Pursuit of Happyness's drama / biography storytelling, not as a detached inspirational sentence.
Will Smith's credited performance helps explain why the quote carries tone, emotion, or authority beyond the words alone.
For thematic browsing, this quote naturally connects to action, determination, and dreams and motivation and dreams.
Read this Chris Gardner line as part of The Pursuit of Happyness's drama / biography storytelling, not as a detached inspirational sentence.
Will Smith's credited performance helps explain why the quote carries tone, emotion, or authority beyond the words alone.
For thematic browsing, this quote naturally connects to happiness, life, and milestone and life and hope.
Read this Chris Gardner line as part of The Pursuit of Happyness's drama / biography storytelling, not as a detached inspirational sentence.
Will Smith's credited performance helps explain why the quote carries tone, emotion, or authority beyond the words alone.
For thematic browsing, this quote naturally connects to dreams, protection, and belief and dreams and motivation.
Read this Chris Gardner line as part of The Pursuit of Happyness's drama / biography storytelling, not as a detached inspirational sentence.
Will Smith's credited performance helps explain why the quote carries tone, emotion, or authority beyond the words alone.
For thematic browsing, this quote naturally connects to belief, encouragement, and dreams and motivation.
Read this Chris Gardner line as part of The Pursuit of Happyness's drama / biography storytelling, not as a detached inspirational sentence.
Will Smith's credited performance helps explain why the quote carries tone, emotion, or authority beyond the words alone.
For thematic browsing, this quote naturally connects to happiness, pursuit, and reflection and life and wisdom.
Read this Chris Gardner line as part of The Pursuit of Happyness's drama / biography storytelling, not as a detached inspirational sentence.
Will Smith's credited performance helps explain why the quote carries tone, emotion, or authority beyond the words alone.
For thematic browsing, this quote naturally connects to fatherhood, commitment, and children and family and life.
Read this Chris Gardner line as part of The Pursuit of Happyness's drama / biography storytelling, not as a detached inspirational sentence.
Will Smith's credited performance helps explain why the quote carries tone, emotion, or authority beyond the words alone.
For thematic browsing, this quote naturally connects to honesty, interview, and character and wisdom and life.