‘Richard Williams was a fierce defender of his family,’ Smith said, as he began a long explanation of both his character and his own desire to protect people.
, won the Oscar for best actor for his portrayal of Richard Williams, father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, in “King Richard.”
“Now I know to do what we do, you got to be able to take abuse, you got to be able to have people talk crazy about you,” he continued. “In this business, you’ve got to be able to have people disrespecting you. And you got to smile and pretend that’s OK.”after taking offense at a joke Rock made about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
“Art imitates life,” he continued. “I look like the crazy father, just like they said about Richard Williams. But love will make you do crazy things.
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