Will Smith has had a short hiatus in his acting career but will be making a strong return with upcoming roles in some very anticipated movies.

At a recent 76ers and Grizzlies basketball game, Esquire Magazine had the privilege of sitting down with the actor to talk about a multitude of issues concerning Ferguson and race in America:

"The change that has to happen is about to be so brutal and so painful. It's not unlike the sixties. I think there's actually a deeper issue at play that America is going to have to face. What we're really talking about in this issue is people walking around the street with guns that can make a decision whether or not they're going to kill someone, right? And that's even more difficult, because there's really no way back from that. This is a gun culture. And it's painful for me, because I cannot figure out how to be helpful. I've always been telling my sons, we have to separate fault from responsibility-whose fault it is that black men are in this situation, whose fault it is doesn't matter. It's our responsibility to make it go right. It's our responsibility. It's a lot of people's fault, systemic racism, and it's a lot of people's fault that the black community is in the situation that we're in, but it's our responsibility to clean up the mess."

"It's been rough for me trying to find my position in the struggle and where my voice is needed and helpful. You know, I grew up in Philadelphia, and Philadelphia has a really rough police-brutality history. I grew up in a neighborhood where it was very clear that the police were 'them' and we were 'us'. I also know that when I was seventeen years old, I had a $20,000 car, which made it certain that I got pulled over all the time."

In the interview the actor also went into detail about his roles in upcoming films such as, 'Focus,' 'Concussion,' and 'Suicide Squad.'