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I grew up in the seventies and disco was big. That influenced me the most.

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Ice Cube
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 15
Character Actor
Director
Film Actor
Film Director
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Rapper
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O'Shea Jackson
Disco
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I'm always the less is more guy when it comes to a scene. So I'ma be the one who will keep it grounded. Even if I let it go off and go crazy, I'm still the voice of keeping things grounded in reality.
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I knew a dude whose entire check was going to his car. He didn't care. This is back when the Mustang 5.0 came out in, like, '82. Between paying the note and insurance, I think he had like $40 left. A lot of people knew people because of their car, and not them.
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It's easier for me to get comedies made because of my track record. Everybody needs to find their niche. I love dramas, but I understand that I am still just a young man in moviemaking. I know there will be some time to get back to that.
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Anybody that really knew Tupac will tell you the same thing. That he was just a dude that was full of life, full of energy.
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I'm a good counter comedian. I can just work it off with looks, or have something crazy to say back. That works for me.
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I'm not actually from Compton - I'm from South Central Los Angeles, and my father still lives in the same house I grew up in, so I'm there all the time.
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I'm trying to cut down a little on eating, on sodium, keep my blood pressure down, which is tough. Because I love food! I do, but it's unfair how everything that's bad for you tastes so good, and all the good stuff, veggies and green things, doesn't match up.
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I'm just an entertainer, man. I don't like to pigeonhole myself to anything. I love to do it all.
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Success really comes down to the product, not to me, my personality, or what club I'm seen going into or coming out of. None of that matters. What's important is whether or not people feel like they wasted their time or money when they pay for a movie or a CD.
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Embrace what makes up you. Some stereotypes are true - I love chicken, but that's a stereotype, I love f**king basketball, but that's a stereotype, too. But who cares? Embrace it. Be who you are, and don't be ashamed of what that is.
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I think my fans respect me for bein' as truthful and honest as you can be and still be Rap music and not be opinion music. It's still Rap, its still style, flavor, flair, and people just kind of like how I present myself and the things that I do.
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If you really look at my lyrics, nobody's exempt. Nobody's exempt from observation, criticism or what I think is correction.
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I figured, when I make a movie, especially earlier in my career, one thing I was going to make sure was that the movie doesn't cost a lot and that it has potential to make a lot of money. That's how you get respect in Hollywood.
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My movies work because not many people in Hollywood are like me.
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I'm ready to run a studio. I'm ready to green light movies, and be in it to win it, you know? It's close. It'll happen.
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A lot of people have a misconception of what the ghetto is all about. You know, it's only a small percentage of the people that are bad. Everybody else is good.
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Sometimes when you're relegated to your neighborhood, you forget that there's more important things than your neighborhood going on out in the world.
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Everybody thinks the grass is greener on the other side. If you talk to most artists, they think they can play something, you know, If I had stayed playing football in high school, if I had been doing basketball... Everybody's got their fantasies and thinks the grass is greener. It's not. It's not.
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I hear about people getting shot all the time. But most of the guys you hear about getting shot pulled through.
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I'm always happy. I've just got a mean face.
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