Terryology: Terrence Howard Quotes That Made Us Pause

The actor on Oprah, baby wipes, effeminate men and more.

Say What? - Terrence Howard plays one of the most outsize characters on television, but Lucious Lyon has nothing on Howard when it comes to crazy. The actor's recent interview with Rolling Stone rivals Kanye West in terms of bizarre quotes. But we know Terry better than most, and his recent comments are only some of the crazy things he's said over the years. Here are the top 10 Howard classic quotes that made us pause. (Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

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Say What? - Terrence Howard plays one of the most outsize characters on television, but Lucious Lyon has nothing on Howard when it comes to crazy. The actor's recent interview with Rolling Stone rivals Kanye West in terms of bizarre quotes. But we know Terry better than most, and his recent comments are only some of the crazy things he's said over the years. Here are the top 10 Howard classic quotes that made us pause. (Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

On Oprah's Anatomy: - "Oprah and I had such chemistry. To be able to make out with Oprah and to have love scenes with her and those tig ol' bitties. I mean, she's such a lovely and voluptuous woman. She's very, very beautiful and that was wonderful." (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

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On Oprah's Anatomy: - "Oprah and I had such chemistry. To be able to make out with Oprah and to have love scenes with her and those tig ol' bitties. I mean, she's such a lovely and voluptuous woman. She's very, very beautiful and that was wonderful." (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

On His Multiple Personalities: - “We’ve got all these different faces that want to come out — there’s at least four just in this moment, with a possible expansion to 432 — but which one do you let out? Is it the person who’s cool that you’ve mastered? Is it the excited little boy?”  (Photo: Steven Henry/Getty Images for SAKS Fifth Avenue)

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On His Multiple Personalities: - “We’ve got all these different faces that want to come out — there’s at least four just in this moment, with a possible expansion to 432 — but which one do you let out? Is it the person who’s cool that you’ve mastered? Is it the excited little boy?”  (Photo: Steven Henry/Getty Images for SAKS Fifth Avenue)

On Manhood: - “My daddy taught me, ‘Never take the vertebrae out of your back or the bass out of your throat. I ain’t raisin’ sheep. I raised men. Stay a man.’ But being a man comes with a curse because it’s not a society made for men to flourish anymore. Everything is androgynous, you know? The more successful men now are the effeminate.” (Photo: Mark Davis/Getty Images for Spike TV)

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On Manhood: - “My daddy taught me, ‘Never take the vertebrae out of your back or the bass out of your throat. I ain’t raisin’ sheep. I raised men. Stay a man.’ But being a man comes with a curse because it’s not a society made for men to flourish anymore. Everything is androgynous, you know? The more successful men now are the effeminate.” (Photo: Mark Davis/Getty Images for Spike TV)

On Feminine Hygiene: - “Toilet paper — and no baby wipes — in the bathroom. If they’re using dry paper, they aren’t washing all of themselves. It’s just unclean. So if I go in a woman’s house and see the toilet paper there, I’ll explain this. And if she doesn’t make the adjustment to baby wipes, I’ll know she’s not completely clean.” (Photo: Angela Weiss/Getty Images)

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On Feminine Hygiene: - “Toilet paper — and no baby wipes — in the bathroom. If they’re using dry paper, they aren’t washing all of themselves. It’s just unclean. So if I go in a woman’s house and see the toilet paper there, I’ll explain this. And if she doesn’t make the adjustment to baby wipes, I’ll know she’s not completely clean.” (Photo: Angela Weiss/Getty Images)

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On Physics: - “I was always wondering, you know, why does a bubble take the shape of a ball? Why not a triangle or a square? I figured it out. If Pythagoras was here to see it, he would lose his mind. Einstein, too! Tesla!”  (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

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On Physics: - “I was always wondering, you know, why does a bubble take the shape of a ball? Why not a triangle or a square? I figured it out. If Pythagoras was here to see it, he would lose his mind. Einstein, too! Tesla!”  (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

On His Christmas Wish: - "To pay off my debt to the IRS. Get the lean off my house."(Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Spike TV)

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On His Christmas Wish: - "To pay off my debt to the IRS. Get the lean off my house."(Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Spike TV)

On Terryology, the 'True Universal Math': - “This is the last century that our children will ever have been taught that one times one is one. They won’t have to grow up in ignorance. Twenty years from now, they’ll know that one times one equals two. We’re about to show a new truth. The true universal math. And the proof is in these pieces. I have created the pieces that make up the motion of the universe. We work on them about 17 hours a day. She cuts and puts on the crystals. I do the main work of soldering them together. They tell the truth from within.”  (Photo: PLS Pool/Getty Images)

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On Terryology, the 'True Universal Math': - “This is the last century that our children will ever have been taught that one times one is one. They won’t have to grow up in ignorance. Twenty years from now, they’ll know that one times one equals two. We’re about to show a new truth. The true universal math. And the proof is in these pieces. I have created the pieces that make up the motion of the universe. We work on them about 17 hours a day. She cuts and puts on the crystals. I do the main work of soldering them together. They tell the truth from within.”  (Photo: PLS Pool/Getty Images)

On Consciousness: - "I remember being in the womb, found comfort there, and have been aware since that moment." (Photo: Valerie Macon/Getty Images)

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On Consciousness: - "I remember being in the womb, found comfort there, and have been aware since that moment." (Photo: Valerie Macon/Getty Images)

On That Bizarre Oscars Moment: - "I walk out there and, um, first and foremost, I forgot to wear a belt that day. So, I'm pulling it up, I'm like, 'It's OK, my stomach will hold it up.' I get out there and I'm breathing and I got this memorized, I've worked 18 hours to work this out, I'm 'bout to kill it. I get out there... there's Oprah! 'Hi Oprah... Oh, oh, read the lines, read the lines.' I try to look up and I'm like, 'No, I worked on this, I'm not going to read the prompter, I'm going to say it from heart'... I choked!" (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

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On That Bizarre Oscars Moment: - "I walk out there and, um, first and foremost, I forgot to wear a belt that day. So, I'm pulling it up, I'm like, 'It's OK, my stomach will hold it up.' I get out there and I'm breathing and I got this memorized, I've worked 18 hours to work this out, I'm 'bout to kill it. I get out there... there's Oprah! 'Hi Oprah... Oh, oh, read the lines, read the lines.' I try to look up and I'm like, 'No, I worked on this, I'm not going to read the prompter, I'm going to say it from heart'... I choked!" (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

On Arithmetic: - “If one times one equals one that means that two is of no value because one times itself has no effect. One times one equals two because the square root of four is two, so what’s the square root of two? Should be one, but we’re told it’s two, and that cannot be.” (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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On Arithmetic: - “If one times one equals one that means that two is of no value because one times itself has no effect. One times one equals two because the square root of four is two, so what’s the square root of two? Should be one, but we’re told it’s two, and that cannot be.” (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)