Terrence Howard Quotes

Every little job becomes a dream, and you don't recall it anymore, and maybe you might have a deja vu moment, but it's like something you dreamed earlier.

There's nothing wrong with calling a spade a spade. Some things have to be exposed.

Every artist has to grow, and has to challenge themselves with a new form of expression.

But George Lucas is carrying about Black actors, about Black men, about Black history, which really incorporates and tells all of history. You can't take one race out without eliminating every other race if you're going to tell the story of the human race.

Dating black women will ruin your life

In the Twenties, it wasn't a remarkable thing for a singer to be an actor, or even to be involved in politics. If this is our roots, how can you blame the branches for following the course of the roots.

When you hear buzz around the beehive, you know they're making honey in there.

I've always had a natural fear of the police, or abuse of their power.

There's also a part of me that's self-destructive, and another part that's a hero who's going to stand up for a principle.

I don't think President Obama has been that revolutionary in reaching out to ethnic communities. President Reagan did a lot for the black community that people don't realize.

I'm damn near 37 years old, and I'm jumping up and down on the bed like my 10-year-old. I was a wild man

We call the Creator father, because we rely upon Him to protect us, guide us, feed us, keep us warm, to discipline us and all those things. I try to take my cue from the Creator, with regard to my children.

Toilet paper - and no baby wipes - in the bathroom. If they're using dry paper, they aren't washing all of themselves. It's just unclean. So if I go in a woman's house and see the toilet paper there, I'll explain this. And if she doesn't make the adjustment to baby wipes, I'll know she's not completely clean.

If we [black people] do not show up and support the march towards cinematic equality, the march towards being on a level at - we don't even have to be higher than whites, but to be viewed in the same common thread of this is a professional, these are stories that people are interested in, instead of being fed the same old BS dogma that's been fed and the studios have used.

All the things we have to remember, and I've mentioned this before, is that we're all artists.

I don't have any love for this business or the game or for acting. This is my day job.

I can't tell you if one day I'll be standing up there with an Oscar or directing, but I am going to be the best human being I possibly can.

It's just me and my guitar, and the rhythm's from there, and the poetry of life.

I ad lib. I've gotta bring my own into it.

And when I stopped doing that and started thinking about what feels natural and what feels right to me and started pleasing myself, then it became good.

I don't believe in premarital sex. It enabled me to date three or four women at the same time, because as long as I wasn't having sex with them, I could always just walk away.

You keep knocking on the devil's door long enough and sooner or later someone's gonna answer you.

When you feel betrayed by someone that you trust the most, as an actor, you look for something that's going to let you express some of your inner emotions and anger.

My future's about trying to be a better man.

I like women who look like me. Generally, you're attracted to women who look like you, because the most beautiful thing in nature is your own reflection.

My father always said that if you want oranges, you have to go to where the oranges grow.

Every role you play is literally - and I've said this before - every single role that you play, the only way you can connect to that character is because that was a piece of you that was scattered around that yard, almost like we got caught up in some whirlwind.

The reason that I'm an actor, or an artist, is ultimately because I'm trying to paint a self-portrait, and the most complete and beautiful self-portrait that you can.

Every one of us is an artist, and as an artist, you really can stroll into any venue that you want, as long as you take your time to learn the etiquette of that venue.

Having gandchildren you see the world through much broader perspectives. And you're more aware of your actions your thoughts and how it will affect your family. And the families around your family. You have to be a lot more careful. But you also relax a little bit. Because, you know, you've done your duty. I've reproduced and my reproductions have reproduced.

I'm trying to make enough money where I can be financially independent and be able to go and just pursue that thing that everybody really needs, just pursue my family and the cause of my family.

If a relationship is built on sexuality, it won't last long.

And I'm very surprised that all this stuff actually worked out to where I could have a career in film, gain the benefit of my education, and be thankful that I was able to break into my craft as an actor.

No, most of the decisions that I make with regard to taking roles, I just look for something that's challenging, something that I think I can accomplish, you know.

Don't just view me as an actor.

I found from working on the film that I am a bigot, at times. And that I am also a coward, at times.

Sometimes the only way to make palatable that which is appalling and apprehensive is to season it with some humor.

So I show appreciation for the little gifts that have been handed to me.

I like to watch mankind in its futile attempt to understand the unknown, when they don't even understand that which they know.

If you're not going to do your job, get out of here. Don't mess up my work. This is how I feed my family.

There's no excuse to hit a woman ... Ever. Not even in a movie role, because you might really like it. And then what?

The Oscar is the fantasy that you're afraid to believe in, but in the secrecy of your little dark room, you dream and wait for it.