Smollett 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

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

You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got to take off your ideal jacket. The harder a man works, at brute labor, the thinner becomes his idealism, the darker his mind. — D.H. Lawrence

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

I am interested in communicating with the world by selling to many people. — Miuccia Prada

I'm a sun and ocean guy. — 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

I was creator and executive producer of 'The Brady Bunch' on TV. The stage version was done by others, but it was a repeat of the old scripts. The 'Gilligan' musical is a completely original work with all seven characters and 18 original songs. — Sherwood Schwartz

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

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

From the Book of Republicans: "Lo, we have many assholes running for President. Let us consider, and pick the biggest. And so it was done. — Stephen King

But intelligence officers never really retire, they just slip into the shadows. — Stieg Larsson

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

What you have to get is a ocean of love within your heart and to seek that in others also. — Nirmala Srivastava

An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of boring details. — Roald Dahl

The NBC using us on air is a great endorsement of quality. — Dave Goldberg

Rob Hardy is such a great director. — Jussie Smollett

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

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

Yenrieth wanted to lick her dry.
Then lick her wet. — Larissa Ione

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 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

The best plans are always the simplest. — Jasper Fforde

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