Is this it?

Is this it?

She's plays in a band, stars in new film Reign Over Me and is Will Smith's other half. But what is Jada Pinkett Smith doing for the rest of her life?
Saturday April 21, 2007, The Guardian

Stay-at-home mum... Jada Pinkett Smith in Reign Over Me
Who's that girl?
I guess it would be Janeane, the girl in Reign Over Me. Janeane is Don Cheadle's wife and she's a stay-at-home wife and mother having a difficult time with the resurgence of the friendship between the characters of Adam Sandler's character and Don's [after Sandler's family dies on 9/11].

How can I be sad?

Well 9/11 brought up a lot of questions and helped me redefine and really look at life and look how I was really seeing things. It helped me understand the necessity to have understanding. It got me back into the idea of making sure my children had an understanding of all religions before they decide what they want to practice.


Deal or no deal?
Deal! We're filming the pilot for my TV show MILF and Cookies and it's coming along. For our show MILF means "mother I'd like to figure out". It has many different meanings actually. It just depends how crude you want to go with it. It just so happens ours is not so crude.

Do you know the way to San Jose?

Actually I don't. But I've been there. I've flown there.

Who do you love?

I love my husband. I love my family [children Jaden and Willow, with Will Smith]. I love my friends. And I love myself very much. I would say that last bit has been a journey. I think that's just part of growing up. You're constantly transforming and constantly trying to keep up with yourself. As long as we stay on top of ourselves and we are responsible for ourselves I think it's not that hard.

How deep is your love?

Very deep. I love people very deeply and very hard.

Who are you fighting for?

No one really at this point in time to be honest. Not even myself. I'm pretty much done with the fighting.

Who needs guitars anyway?

Oh absolutely. We definitely need guitars. My band Wicked Wisdom is about to go into the studio to do a second album so we're excited about that. We're going to tour but we don't want to go back out until we have our new material.

Who killed the electric car?

Well shame on them for killing the electric car but that's a good question. We have a Lexus hybrid SUV at home though. We enjoy it very much.

What are you doing for the rest of your life?

Good question. Isn't that quite the mystery? I don't know how much I will be acting. I have to be really tempted by something. I get offered a lot of things but they're not necessarily good which is one of the reasons I'm moving a little behind the scenes. I decided to do this film because I was really intrigued not necessarily by the role of Janeane but the idea of the movie. I like what it's saying.

Who let the dogs out?

I have lots of dogs and usually we let the dogs out to protect the perimeter. We've got five and they're all mutts. Sometimes we walk the dogs but they need to be walked about three times a day so we have people who come and walk them if we can't. But usually at weekends we take our dogs for hikes up into the hills.

Is this it?

No. I wouldn't say "this is it". It's never "this is it" for me.

· Reign Over Me is out now


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I won't let my career break my marriage

I won't let my career break my marriage

Though her husband Will Smith and she are both successful film stars, Jada Pinkett said she would willingly give up acting if it ever came down to a choice between career and marriage.

'I'm aware how busy careers can quickly lead to divorce, but I'm not going to let that happen to us,' she said.

'I'll give up my career before I let it break up our marriage. I made it clear to Will that I'd throw it away completely, which is what I'm doing to a certain extent.'

Married for 10 years, Jada and Will have two children - their son Jaden Christopher, 8, who recently starred with his father in 'The Pursuit Of Happyness', and daughter Willow, 6, reports www.hollywood.tv

In her latest film 'Reign Over Me', Jada plays a wife who's trapped in an unhappy marriage, a role that conversely taught her even more what it takes to make a marriage work.

'Even though you have this union as husband and wife, you can never forget who you are, just simply as yourself.

'If you lose yourself then everything else will fall out. There is no relationship to be had if you don't have a relationship with yourself first,' she said.


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Analyse this: Jada Pinkett Smith

Analyse this: Jada Pinkett Smith

by TIFFANY ROSE
8th April 2007

At a mere 5ft, Jada Pinkett Smith may be petite, but the 35-year-old actress/singer and TV producer lives life large with her husband of ten years, movie star Will Smith. They have two children - a son Jaden, eight (who co-starred alongside his dad in The Pursuit Of Happyness) and daughter Willow, five. Jada is best known for her roles in The Nutty Professor, The Matrix and Collateral. Her new film, Reign Over Me, explores the effect on a man of losing his family on 9/11.

WHAT WERE YOUR DREAMS AS A CHILD?

To be a star! (Laughs) Oh yes, since I was three I wanted to be a star. I’ve achieved my dream. Once I got that first movie, I was like: ‘Done!’ Finished!’

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU ARE TRYING TO QUIT BUT CAN’T?

I'm one of those people who likes to do 100 things at once. There’s my heavy metal band Wicked Wisdom, as well as acting and producing television shows and movies - so I’m trying to focus on one. It’s a hard thing, because I’m a creative person and I’m constantly coming up with new ideas and find it hard to put anything on the backburner.

WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE STUCK IN AN ELEVATOR WITH?

Will. That could be so sexy...no windows. We could have some fun.

YOU AND WILL HAVE A LOT IN COMMON. WHAT’S THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE AT HOME?

You can’t have two superstars in the family. I will never have Will’s career, and I can’t do that because my kids wouldn’t have parents.

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST EXTRAVAGANCE?

I’M a jewellery whore! I’m not wearing much today but it’s only the morning...

WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST REGRET?

I have a few, but I’ve realised that without those regrets I wouldn’t even be close to the person I am today. I always say that pain is a blessing, because pain is the biggest motivator for change.

ARE YOU AN OPEN BOOK WHEN IT COMES TO EMOTIONS?

Who me? Ah no! I’ve learned that you cannot let emotions run you, but that you have to be in tune and connected to how you feel.

WHAT’S THE MOST ROMANTIC THING WILL’S DONE FOR YOU?

He's always doing really romantic things for me. If I’m going to a city to do a Press call, he’ll call the hotel and tell them to lay rose petals from the door to the bedroom and then he’ll have them arrange a heart in rose petals on the bed with a note inside saying: ‘I miss you already - love, Me.’

DO YOU THINK YOU ARE MORE LIKE YOUR MOTHER OR YOUR FATHER?

Both. All of my creativity and my wild mental journeys come from my father and I would say that my attitude, and my go-get-them kind of spirit would be from my mother.

WAS THERE A DEFINING MOMENT WHEN YOU REALISED YOU WERE FAMOUS?

I still haven’t realised that yet. It’s crazy because I’ve never looked at myself in that way. I’m still waiting for that defining moment.

WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR WEIRDEST EXPERIENCE WITH A FAN?

You'd think Will would get the crazies, but no -it’s my little 5ft-nothing ass! I had a weird experience in London once. A maid got into my hotel room and left notes for me in a Bible telling me how God had made a calling to her that I was going to save her. She got my mobile number and she was leaving me messages. It was a scary one.

WHAT’S YOUR GUILTY PLEASURE?

Haagen Dazs Egg Nog ice cream. Once I have a taste of that, consider it an empty carton.

YOUR NEW FILM IS ABOUT 9/11. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO STAR IN IT?

I play the wife of a man (Don Cheadle) whose best friend (Adam Sandler) loses his family on 9/11. The story was interesting in that it explored the people who’ve been left behind, and who’ve lost loved ones. It makes you appreciate what you have.


by TIFFANY ROSE
8th April 2007



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Jada's On Redbook, April 2007

JADA ON COVER OF REDBOOK MAGAZINE
The Dark Secrets She Tells No One-not even Will
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