Monetary success is not success. Career success is not success. Life, someone that loves you, giving to others, doing something that makes you feel complete and full. That is success. And it isn't dependent on anyone else. — James Avery Copy Share Image
You are only an actor if you absolutely love it and can not do anything else. Starving for your art is great in your 20s, but it's not so great at 35. It has to be absolute love. You can't… — James Avery Copy Share Image
There's a specificity of language that's required in Shakespeare that most drama students in England deal with - a specificity of language that is… — James Avery Copy Share Image
On one show before a live audience, I had to look out the door and call for Will Smith to come in. The audience… — James Avery Copy Share Image
Monetary success is not success. Career success is not success. Life, someone that loves you, giving to others, doing something that makes you feel… — James Avery Copy Share Image
See, the thing that bothers me with young actors, young actors of color specifically, is that they see movies and television, and they figure… — James Avery Copy Share Image
Writing is such a singular and lonely occupation. And it's interesting; all of the work that you create is so singular. — James Avery Copy Share Image
I wanted to leave home, and I didn't know where I was going or what I was going to do or what would happen.… — James Avery Copy Share Image
I have wandered many roads that I have never traveled; touched many things that my eyes have never seen. It is through stories that… — James Avery Copy Share Image
You couldn't get mad. You always had to remain calm no matter what, because they wanted you to get mad. And you had to… — James Avery Copy Share Image
The name of the show was 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,' not 'Philip and Viv of Bel-Air.' If you didn't want to walk away… — James Avery Copy Share Image
