Smith: "Controversy is always a beautiful thing. I love controversy and I try to fan it as much as I can without having my husband's head pop off!"

Smith: "I'm extremely ambitious. I don't know why people are afraid to say that. I won't sell my soul to the devil, but I do want success and I don't think that's bad."

Smith: "When I believe in something, I'm very passionate. I don't take 'no' for an answer."

Smith: "At 3 years old, I was telling people that I was going to be a star. I never had a plan B. And I've never compromised my integrity to get what I have."

Smith: "When I'm tired, I rest. I say, 'I can't be a superwoman today.'"

Smith: "We have to nurture our young women and understand the beauty and the strength of being a woman. It's kind of a catch-22: Strength in women isn't appreciated, and vulnerability in women isn't appreciated. It's like, 'What the hell do you do?' What you do is you don't allow anyone to dictate who you are."

Smith: "Human spirit, things that aren't tangible, fascinate me, so I'm always researching mind, spirit, soul."

Smith: "I've always wanted to have the ability to do what I want to do. And there are so many things that I want to do because I love acting, I love directing, I love producing, I love being a mother, I love being a wife. If I had to choose one, just would put me in the crazy house."

Smith: "Women, you can have it all - a loving man, devoted husband, loving children, a fabulous career."

Smith: "I never stop being a mother and I never stop being an artist. You understand? Which is probably why my kids are so creative, because it's not separated."

Smith: "I find fame to be quite unnatural. Humans are not built for extreme adoration."

Smith: "Here's the thing, men have to also mature in how they see women, too. Because they need to understand that it's not just about how we look, it's about who we are. And I am going to tell you like this, 'If you can't love me with short hair, and you telling me I got to have long hair to be loved, guess what, I ain't the one for you.'"

Smith: "Take responsibility about what you have on your TV, and about what you are out there supporting."

Smith: "We have to understand that we should, at all times, have the right and the power to make decisions about our bodies. And that is an idea that must be taught at a young age. You can't wait until a person is 18 years old and say, 'Now you have the right'. You have to start that from the gate."

Smith: "It's not about what you tell your children, but how you show them how to live life."

Smith: "I try my best to confront situations because I know, at the end of the day, you can deal with it or it will deal with you. I've had enough experience to know that that's how it goes down. There's no going around it."

Smith: "It's very important to prioritize. I know, for me, my family comes first. That makes every decision very easy."

Smith: "People love in different ways. You may have a man who brings you flowers every Monday but doesn't give two hooty-hoots about Valentine's Day. Just because he doesn't give you a valentine doesn't mean he doesn't love you!"

Smith: "Women need to attack those negative voices they have in their head."

Smith: "How can we ask for our young stars to have a high level of responsibility if we are not demonstrating that same level of responsibility towards them?"

Smith: "I had to get into a place for myself of thinking what I would create for myself if I didn't have to worry about making money."

Smith: "I'm not one about trying to slow things down. What I try to do is create an atmosphere for my family where we can pretty much have whatever."

Smith: "I love religion and have contemplated going back to school to get a world religion degree."

Smith: "I've always told Will, 'You can do whatever you want as long as you can look at yourself in the mirror and be okay.' Because at the end of the day, Will is his own man. I'm here as his partner, but he is his own man. He has to decide who he wants to be, and that's not for me to do for him. Or vice versa."

Smith: "I grew up in a neighborhood in Baltimore that was like a war zone, so I never learned to trust that there were people who could help me."

Smith: "I think that with marriages, people have to understand that you have to look at your marriage and understand what is needed in your marriage - not what people think your marriage should be or what people want your marriage to be."

Smith: "If I had my way, I'd wear jewelry, a great pair of heels and nothing else."

Smith: "I'm not here to - as a parent, I believe we are specifically here to help our children mature in the way that they can take on their own lives. I'm not here to live their lives for them. That's not my job."

Smith: "I've always been a caretaker; I think a lot of women are. We take care of everybody else first, and very rarely do we think about ourselves."