Billy Dee Williams

“I am an artist no matter what I do. I live for creativity. I think everyone should. It is the antithesis of being destructive.”

“Actually, I believe in everything, including astrology and tarot cards. All of it is just another way for people to try and tighten the link to the spirits in our universe. I believe it exis...”

“There's always been a lot of misunderstanding about Lando's character. I used to pick up my daughter from elementary school and get into arguments with little children who would accuse me of...”

“I don't want to sound too carried away, but from what I've seen, 'Bingo Long' is going to be a big one. A classic.”

“I loved Marlon Brando: my favorite actor.”

“I tell my son Corey that the greatest teacher is the teacher who says, 'Don't follow me; follow yourself. Because within you there is that kingdom, that life, that force.'”

“You are always going to have people criticizing, in one way or another, for their own personal reason.”

“I think of film when I paint. Even the luminosity that I always keep working for is really about film. But my idea is not to paint paintings that will decorate somebody's house.”

“As for Colt 45, I am very proud of my endorsement of the product, and it still 'Works every time.'”

“I was in the National Academy of Fine Arts and Design, on a scholarship. I was - still am - an artist. They were looking for an actor for 'Take a Giant Step,' and a producer liked my look an...”

“Right before 'Brian's Song' there was a period when I was very despondent, broke, depressed; my first marriage was on the rocks. The role of Gale Sayers had been cast with Lou Gossett, and t...”

“I think I'm a good father. As a parent, you have the responsibility to create a foundation for your children so that they can meet all the challenges.”

“I think I've been very fortunate, considering the obstacles that I had to deal with, you know, just being - by virtue of being a brown, lovely, brown-skinned man. But on the other hand, I've...”

“My idea is to paint paintings so that when you walk into a room, I'm pulling you in, or that makes you suddenly stop and wonder: 'What is this? There is something groovy, something else goin...”

“I did something that no brown-skinned man in the movie industry ever did. I made a brown-skinned man look very romantic - a matinee idol. If you think about it, what I introduced is historic...”

“Originally I planned on starting a teapot collection. I really like them.”