Here, he claims not to be religious (though a few years ago he described himself as a Christian) and explains that, anyway, his real worldview is all about "patterns": 
 
 I'm a student of patterns. At heart, I’m a physicist. I look at everything in my life as trying to find the single equation, the theory of everything. It's just a tiny bit unclear what Smith means by a "pattern": the two examples he endorses in the interview are a) that the sun rises every morning and b) that the Best Actor Oscar tends to be awarded to people portraying historical figures or characters with mental illness. Is there one pattern, or are there many? But it ought to be noted that his contributions to the emerging Smith theory of everything are in many ways more mindwarping than his father's: 
 
 Jaden: I think that there is that special equation for everything, but I don't think our mathematics have evolved enough for us to even – I think there's, like, a whole new mathematics that we'd have to learn to get that equation. Will: I agree with that. Jaden: It’s beyond mathematical. It’s, like, multidimensional mathematical, if you can sort of understand what I’m saying.  Everyone knows you rarely learn much by reading interviews with movie stars. One can also use patterns, Smith informs the interviewer, Claire Hoffman, to predict whether he will make another movie alongside his son: 
 
 
 
 If you were a student of the pattern, you'd have to say we were going to do another one. One feels inclined to cut Jaden Smith some slack, since he's only 14 and has been raised by Will Smith. As Jaden – who has reportedly announced his desire to become an emancipated minor, free of parental control, when he turns 15 – explains about his mother, Jada Pinkett Smith: 
 
 If we're at a six, she's like at an eight and a half. I learned it in Ali, man, when you actually have to go to the place and you take the flight and you are actually in the authentic space, it adds to your performance. Jaden: I think it’s fun, except when people make up stuff about you. …whereas I'm probably more like a one or a two, so my confusion is understandable. It should definitely win some kind of award, though I'm not sure the relevant Pulitzer category has been created yet. I'm confused, but that's probably because mainstream media like New York magazine can't fully accommodate the profundity of Smith's thought: 
 
 You know, the forum of media that we're in can't really handle the complexity of things that we say all the time. Other than that, I'm fairly certain there are absolutely no conclusions to be drawn from it whatsoever. He’s watching hours and hours of TED Talks just … Dude, don’t go in there.” Last time I went in there, he said, “Jaden, so the art of telling stories is an art that you really have to learn.
– Here's how Guardian writer Oliver Burkeman describes a recent interview given by Will and Jaden Smith: "the most bizarre interview in Hollywood history," and one that "will make your brain hurt." The Q&A in question appeared in New York a few days ago, as the father and son promoted their new movie After Earth. Here's a relevant excerpt: Will: "I’m a student of patterns. At heart, I’m a physicist. I look at everything in my life as trying to find the single equation, the theory of everything." Jaden: "There's definitely a theory to everything. ... I think that there is that special equation for everything, but I don’t think our mathematics have evolved enough for us to even—I think there’s, like, a whole new mathematics that we’d have to learn to get that equation." Will: "I agree with that." Jaden: "It’s beyond mathematical. It’s, like, multidimensional mathematical, if you can sort of understand what I’m saying." Will, later: "And, the things about our family that are mysteries or seem strange, when they’re explained, it’ll be obvious. You know, the forum of media that we’re in can’t really handle the complexity of things that we say all the time." If you're thinking, "Well, what do you expect, they're Scientologists," not so fast. In the same interview, the elder Smith says they're not religious, but are "students of world religion" and "respect all [religions]." He has flat-out denied being a Scientologist in the past. (As for After Earth ... it got hilariously terrible reviews.)