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 worry about being a movie star or anything else. Just love. That's it. James Avery 20sabsoluteabsolutely share on social
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 from the best job in the world over a petty issue, you accepted the way it was. James Avery acceptairbel Change image and share on social
On one show before a live audience, I had to look out the door and call for Will Smith to come in. The audience couldn't see him, but there he was with his naked butt staring me in the face. I didn't normally hang out with twenty-something practical jokers, so sometimes he was a little much. James Avery audiencebuttcall share on social
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 careercompletedependent share on social
There are too many African-Americans with too much money for us to have to go to anybody else for anything in terms of schools, in terms of scholarships, in terms of entrepreneurship, in terms of moving us along as a group to that place where we should be as a people. James Avery africanamericanentrepreneurship share on social
I did 'Othello' at the Oregon Shakes - I was at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for two and a half years. That's where my training is. James Avery festivalhalforegon Change image and share on social
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 somehow not as clear in a lot of American schools. James Avery americancleardeal Change image and share on social
You can either be a movie star or an actor. I'm an actor. James Avery actormoviestar Change image and share on social
Writing is such a singular and lonely occupation. And it's interesting; all of the work that you create is so singular. James Avery createinterestlonely Change image and share on social
What you find in the theatre is that if you're good, no matter what color you are, the audience will buy that - whoever you are. James Avery audiencebuycolor Change image and share on social