Jussie Quotes & Sayings

I don't throw around the word 'brother' because I'm so, so close to my real-life brothers and my real-life sisters, and being a brother is so important to me. — Jussie Smollett

'Mighty Ducks' was a great experience, and I don't shy away from that. — Jussie Smollett

I feel the weight of just telling the truth. There really is no weight to telling the truth. It's a little scary sometimes, but if you tell the truth, you don't have to be looking over your shoulder. — Jussie Smollett

Sometimes justice is better served by those who have experienced the pain — Mark W. Boyer

It's not who, it's when — Alejandro Taubas

None of us have true freedom because every one of us has to conform. — Debasish Mridha

I was working at a non-profit for five years. But I could always create music after work. All throughout those years, I was writing songs and recording music and performing around town. — Jussie Smollett

One Buddha is not enough; we need to have many Buddhas. — Nhat Hanh

I'm an amazing cook. And I'm a gentleman but can belch the entire alphabet. Classy. — Jussie Smollett

I know about homophobia in the music industry - not just in hip-hop. Obviously, we're dealing with homophobia in hip-hop; we're dealing with homophobia in the black community. — Jussie Smollett

I keep saying that, if Samuel L. Jackson and Bette Davis could have a baby, it would be Taraji P. Henson. To me, she's one of the greatest character actors of our generation, let alone leading ladies. She's just phenomenal in everything she does. — Jussie Smollett

There are writers who can show you the excellence of their brains and writers who show you the depths of their souls: I don't know any writer who does both at the same time as brilliantly as Roxane Gay. — Elizabeth McCracken

Rob Hardy is such a great director. — Jussie Smollett

I would love to do a song with Janet Jackson. Janet was, is, forever will be, the ultimate. She's the ultimate dream girl for every guy - and for every girl. — Jussie Smollett

You work hard and you pray, and you do something where you know the energy around the project is right, but you never really know if it's going to hit and resonate with audiences. — Jussie Smollett

If you change because of fame, that's not the right thing. But if you change because of growth, that's normal ... The whole fame thing hasn't hit me. And I hope it kind of doesn't. — Jussie Smollett

I'm a sun and ocean guy. — Jussie Smollett

As an artist, you want to do roles that challenge you and say something. — Jussie Smollett

There are projects I've done, such as 'Queen,' where I played Halle Berry and Danny Glover's son, where I'm so extremely proud of the work that I did that I will sit down and watch that any time. — Jussie Smollett

I used to hear people say nobody can prepare you for fame, and it's actually very true. But there is such beauty that comes with it when you're able to use your platform in a positive way. — Jussie Smollett

I want to continue to be the same man I've always been. — Jussie Smollett

Novel-writing has in one respect an affinity to the drama - that time and distance are required to soften for use the harsher features that may be exhibited from real life; that it was almost impossible to bring forward events without touching on their causes; and that any tendency to political discussion, however liberal or applicable, was not to be tolerated in a sort of work which people took up with no other design than to be amused at the least possible expence of thought. — Charlotte Turner Smith

Some of the greatest films and television have only been seen by the people that make them. And some of the greatest music is only heard by the people who make it. — Jussie Smollett

My family is from Elmhurst, Queens, 54th Avenue, but I was born in Northern California. — Jussie Smollett

I went into a Whole Foods to buy chewable vitamin C and got tackled by, like, 15 girls who watch 'Empire.' — Jussie Smollett

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. — Bertrand Russell

There will be a Jussie Smollett album. I signed to Columbia. So, darling, I'm label mates with Beyonce and Adele and Barbra Streisand. — Jussie Smollett

I have Jewish friends. I have Middle Eastern friends. I have Spanish and Italian and British and Scottish and German friends and Austrian friends, and guess what? They all deal with homophobia. It's an earthling epidemic; it's not isolated in the black community. — Jussie Smollett

My absolute idols growing up were Michael Jackson and Prince, and so, to get the stamp of approval from someone like Timbaland whom I know that these artists respect, that is a huge feat. — Jussie Smollett

I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty. I've done it all. I've worked as a clown, literally, at children's parties. — Jussie Smollett

Me releasing my music, if anything, is an opportunity to show the world my stories and tell the world my stories. — Jussie Smollett

I'll push it down ... Down into the deepest part of my heart, so no one will see it. If I crush it, maybe it'll eventually go away. That's what I hope for every day. But what can I do? I don't really want to lose this feeling at all. — Keiko Kinoshita

I think that any actor - any artist, period - would love to work with an artist like Lee Daniels. — Jussie Smollett

When a television show like 'Scandal' becomes the biggest show in recent history, suddenly advertisers and networks want to jump on that. And what it's showing is that people want to see diversity. — Jussie Smollett

There's not one human being on the planet earth who has never felt, at some point, unaccepted. At some point in our lives, we feel like we're not good enough, but we have to step back and realize that we are. — Jussie Smollett

Milestones you'd like to reach before retiring? Not really. Because when I began it was never to reach 100 games or reach 200 or to get high on the all-time list or whatever else. Those things are by-products. I want to win another championship, beginning with the conference championship. The thing that was disappointing to me last year was the fact that we did not win the conference championship. I felt like we just let that game (against Air Force in Las Vegas) get away from us. — LaVell Edwards

It's been a blessing to work under Team Timbaland. — Jussie Smollett