Terrence Howard
Terrence Howard
Terrence Dashon Howardis an American actor and singer. Having his first major roles in the 1995 films Dead Presidents and Mr. Holland's Opus, Howard broke into the mainstream with a succession of television and cinema roles between 2004 and 2006. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Hustle & Flow. Howard has had prominent roles in many other movies including Winnie, Ray, Lackawanna Blues, Crash, Four Brothers, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Idlewild,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth11 March 1969
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
And, so yeah, I'll always want to work in independent films because you're not forced into a category or a formula
In every person we meet there's this little piece of God in them and that's who you talk to. And that's the only person that you allow to talk to you. When something else is speaking, you walk away from that. If it's not good, if it's not love, you walk away from it
I just wanted to be a scientist
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
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
So I show appreciation for the little gifts that have been handed to me.
The only thing that really matters in the initial part of my career, the worst mistake I've ever made was try to do things to please the audience thinking how the audience is going to respond if I do this.
The purpose of my life is being a father to my kids and being a husband to my wife.
We both can be the most beautiful and benevolent creatures on the planet, but then there's another side that can be as harsh and as ugly as the darkest thing you could imagine seeing.
You just drop a character like this that and the other and it's done.
I am an engineer, but what I find important and necessary is that you just learn things as you go along.
I want to be the condensation on the glass. I want to be that phenomenon that takes place between hot and cold.
When you hear buzz around the beehive, you know they're making honey in there.
If evolution works, why are monkeys still around?