Terry Crews Will Never Forget This One Thing His Mom Told Him
By Movieguide® Contributor
One piece of advice from his mom has inspired Terry Crews throughout his career and steers his approach to life.
“You know, my mother always told me before she passed, she said, ‘Terry, never forget you’re an artist. You’re an artist. No. 1. Before anything, before everything, you’re an artist,'” he said of what his mom instilled in him while on the “Wild Card With Rachel Martin.”
He explained that that mindset drove Crews to pursue all the different avenues he’s gone down.
“And that has really — has kind of — it’s colored everything that I’ve ever done. It’s probably one of the most beneficial piece of advice I’ve ever received because when you do things like an artist, it transcends, like, you know, you can mow the lawn. But when you mow the lawn like an artist, you become a landscaper. You know what I mean?”
Crews explained how, to him, “art” is whatever you give your energy and time to.
“One thing I discovered is focus and interest create energy,” he said. “And that’s what art does because you’re always focusing, and it’s something very interesting. And other people will look at it and be very bored. Like, what are you doing? Or whatever. You know, some sculpture or some painting or some drawing. But that focus and energy energizes you. And it’s super special. It’s like making the mundane magnificent. You know?”
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“The NFL ’cause I was all over the place,” he admitted. “I was on six teams in seven years — Rams, Packers, Chargers, Eagles. I wanted championships. I wanted to be a star. I wanted to — and it all ended unceremoniously.”
He previously opened up about his NFL career, saying that football “helped and hurt in a lot of ways.”
“The NFL kind of set me up with a — I had a sense of entitlement. You’re a football player, everyone loves you, everyone says you are the man, you are part of this whole cult of masculinity, you’re like, “I got it all,'” Crews admitted. “But the good thing about football is that you develop a work ethic if you work at it, if you try.”
Despite a short-lived NFL career, Crews continued to work hard and found success elsewhere.
He credits his success to working hard and taking pride in doing his jobs well.
“I have more money now than I ever had in my entire life…because people understand equity and honor,” Crews said. “People make money, but if they don’t have equity or honor, it all falls away – and that sounds real existential or spiritual, but it’s for real.”
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