The Pursuit of Happyness

"It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking: How did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue. And maybe we can actually never have it, no matter what. How did he know that?"

"[To a man with a sports car] I just have two questions for you: What do you do, and how do you do it?"

"Hey dad, you wanna hear something funny? There was a man who was drowning, and a boat came, and the man on the boat said "Do you need help?" and the man said "No thanks, God will save me". Then another boat came and he tried to help him, but he said "No thanks, God will save me", then he drowned and went to Heaven. Then the man told God, "God, why didn't you save me?" and God said "I sent you two big boats, you dummy!""

"The important thing about that freedom train, is it's got to climb mountains. We ALL have to climb mountains, you know. Mountains that go way up high, and mountains that go deep and low. Yes, we know what those mountains are here at Glide. We sing about them."

"Will Smith – Chris Gardner"

"Jaden Smith – Christopher"

"Brian Howe – Jay Twistle"

"Thandie Newton – Linda"

"James Karen – Martin Frohm"

"Dan Castellaneta – Alan Frakesh"

"Kurt Fuller – Walter Ribbon"

"Takayo Fischer – Mrs. Chu"

"Cecil Williams – Reverend Williams"

"Domenic Bove – Tim Ribbon"

"Joe Nunez – Driver Who Hits Chris"