MY LOVES & HATES

WILL SMITH, 48, LIVES WITH HIS WIFE, JADA PINKETTSMITH, IN LA. THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN, AND HE HAS A GROWN-UP SON WITH HIS FIRST WIFE, SHEREE FLETCHER

ACTOR WILL SMITH

WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM YOUR NEW FILM, Collateral Beauty? IT’S A LITTLE BIT

It’s a Wonderful Life AND A LITTLE BIT The Wizard of Oz, AND IT’S THE PROCESS OF MY CHARACTER, HOWARD, PUTTING HIS LIFE BACK TOGETHER. IT’S LIKE A SMALL-MOVIE SUPERHERO CAST TOO. I LOVED BEING PUSHED EVERY DAY AND WATCHING HOW OTHER PEOPLE WORK. I MEAN… HELEN MIRREN

[WHO CO-STARS IN THE FILM] IS RIDICULOUS.

AS WELL AS ACTING AND PRODUCING, YOU’RE BUSY WITH FAMILY LIFE. HOW DO YOU MANAGE IT? THERE IS NOTHING HARDER YOU WILL EVER DO THAN PARENT A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL. WHEN I TALK TO OTHER PARENTS, THEY SAY, “OH, MAN, YOU GOT A TEENAGER? I AM SORRY. REALLY SORRY TO HEAR THAT.” I REALISE I’VE HAD IT EASY UP UNTIL NOW.

YOU’VE BEEN MARRIED TO JADA FOR 19 YEARS – WHAT’S THE SECRET? I’VE DONE A

LOT OF MARRIAGE COUNSELLING. WHEN YOU DO THAT, THE TRUTH COMES OUT. YOU SIT ACROSS FROM YOUR WIFE AND YOU’VE SAID ALL OF YOUR TRUTH AND SHE HAS SAID ALL OF HER TRUTH. YOU LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND YOU CAN’T IMAGINE YOU COULD EVER POSSIBLY LOVE EACH OTHER AGAIN. IT CREATES A DARK MOMENT. BUT FOR ME IT’S THE DARK BEFORE THE DAWN.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT BEING A SEX SYMBOL? WHEN I THINK SEXY, I LOOK AT DENZEL [WASHINGTON] – NOW THAT’S A SEXY MAN! I NEVER THOUGHT OF MYSELF IN THAT WAY, SO IT’S FUN. I WAS A LATE BLOOMER, BUT AROUND 26 OR 27 YEARS OLD, I BEGAN TO FILL OUT A LITTLE BIT. I’VE ALWAYS BEEN SKINNY, BUT I GREW INTO MY EARS, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY.

COLLATERAL BEAUTY is released in cinemas on 26 December.