These are photos of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith at the premiere of Will’s new sexy heist movie with Margot Robbie called Focus. (Bedhead covered the premiere photos of Margot Robbie earlier.) They were loved-up on the red carpet. I keep seeing ads for Focus and it doesn’t look much different from other, likely better sexy heist movies. As Bedhead mentioned it’s still hanging in there on Rotten Tomatoes with a 64% fresh rating. I get the impression that the movie is going to bomb, but I could be wrong.

As part of promotion for the film, Will did an interview with TheMid.com in which he gave some decent quotes about his career and family. Will knows how to do sound bites and while he has a questionable belief system he’s still a thoughtful, interesting guy. Here’s some of what he said:

Being a part of Hollywood must make you no stranger to con men.
Are you kidding? I’m an actor. Everybody is running a con. There are certain things that people want and they’re going to do the things they need to do to get them. All right? They’re gonna wear the clothes and say things they need to say. Everybody is trying to get what they want. At the heart of human interaction is a daily con.

How do you conquer your insecurities?
I think I learned very young to attack fear. There are tons of things that I’m scared of. It’s frustrating to me when I’m scared of something, so I’m forced to go and attack it. It’s been helpful, but it’s been painful.

Your son Jaden and daughter Willow are following in your footsteps and pursuing their own acting careers. What advice are you giving them?
My great-grandmother used to say, “Bought sense is better than that you borrow.” I always took that as doing it yourself. Earning that lump on your head is always better than listening to someone else about the lump they got on their head. Jada and I like to give our kids complete responsibility. Outside of life or death, we like to give them their own choices and put the responsibility of their lives on to them as much as they can handle it.

Do you have any bad habits you’d like to change?
I have that artist’s mind, so I never know where my keys are, where my wallet is, and I don’t really care a lot about clothes. I take my clothes off and drop them. I don’t clean up stuff. I’m always trying to create something, and I need my creative state to be kind of cluttered.

[From The Mid.com]

We’ve heard from both Will and Jada, in so many different ways, that they treat their kids like adults and let them do whatever they want. Judging from their social media accounts and careers, Willow, 14, may be faring somewhat better than her brother Jaden, 16, who often tweets nonsensical bits of personal ‘wisdom’.

Both Jaden and Willow put out new music recently. (On the music front Willow is also ahead of her brother.) The thing is, it’s actually good, at least Willow’s music is, and Jaden’s isn’t as bad as it’s been to date. The tracks I heard from Willow were complex and listenable electronica. (They partnered with some good producers, although one of Jaden’s songs has been called out as derivative of another artist.)

That’s the thing about Will and Jada’s parenting style, it may have worked somewhat with Willow, but Jaden could probably use more boundaries. Maybe no one parenting style works for all children but the hands-off approach just seems like a disaster to me. It’s Scientology-based, and it seems to completely ignore children’s developmental needs.

Omg I’m Bout To Tweet The Most Jaden Smith Thing Ever Ready?

— Jaden Smith (@officialjaden) February 13, 2015

The More Time You Spend Awake The More Time You Spend Asleep.

— Jaden Smith (@officialjaden) February 13, 2015

Existence is a game that never ends but is always beginning.

— Willy (@OfficialWillow) January 30, 2015

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