Terrence Howard Quotes

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.

I am an engineer, but what I find important and necessary is that you just learn things as you go along.

You just drop a character like this that and the other and it's done.

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

And, so yeah, I'll always want to work in independent films because you're not forced into a category or a formula.

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

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

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

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

Don't just view me as an actor.

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

And right now I may just be living inside the heart of the body, and I one day hope to move to the brain.

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

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

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.

I want to be the condensation on the glass. I want to be that phenomenon that takes place between hot and cold.

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.

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

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.

The difference with Cleveland is that the racial tension was not a casual taste of it. It was outlandish.

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

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

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

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

They say everybody gets 15 minutes. I hope I'm just inside the first minute and the next 14 go really slow.

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

If evolution works, why are monkeys still around?

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.

Dating black women will ruin your life

The purpose of my life is being a father to my kids and being a husband to my wife.

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

I just wanted to be a scientist.

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