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You pay to have a good time, you don't always want to pay to be schooled or sad or reminded how bad you got it. To me a movie theater ain't always the place for that.

Ice Cube

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Ice Cube
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 15
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The real is always presented. That hardcore record or movie is not needed in the hood, because it's already there. You can see it with your own eyes.
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You can't boycott something you never went to anyway,so why put energy into it?
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I have great people, smart people that are around me and we love the challenge. I guess it's like climbing a mountain or building a building. It's a challenge but you love every challenge that it brings or presents itself.
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Can't step from one movie set to the next. Only Samuel L. Jackson can do that. All us mere mortals can't do that!
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You want the industry to finally admit that you're good. But I'm still good without their admission.
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I can't really attribute my success onscreen to any formula and suggest you do this or that to make it as an actor.
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Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.
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