Jussie Smollett Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by 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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#c84e76b7

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#0916cba7

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#4679229d

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#ee09bb2d

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#b7fdbecf

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#98213f4c

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#080ffffe

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#f0d4160f

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#11c01afe

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#afaf327a

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#983241db

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#f9e961c6

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#35913b9b

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#b5e83f45

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#cffef97f

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#a764d087

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#7162948b

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#6ac21ae0

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#236160f9

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#7b1a9252

Rob Hardy is such a great director.
~Jussie Smollett


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#5788d1fa

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#1b7d0f2f

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#027626c6

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#2667d283

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/jussie-smollett-quotes/#bd374c1a

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