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I always knew that I had to direct. That was something I'd wanted to do. Finally, I was just looking at the situation and I said, I wanna document hip-hop, as an art form, seeing how a lot of people don't take it seriously.

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Ice T
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 16
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I was a pretty bad person early in my life.
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I'd say people are victims of circumstances and they're limited to the opportunities that they see. Even though there might be more opportunities, you might not see them. You might just think, I don't have any options. You usually go to the dark side, in that situation.
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With the invention of the blog and all this Internet stuff, everybody has an opinion everybody has a voice. In fact, there was a time when the average person didn't have a voice so you had to pick an artist to speak for you.
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Truthfully, a weak rapper can hide behind a lot of production.
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It really really sunk into me when I went to Europe and they take rap so much more serious than we do here. That was the first time I ever heard rap considered folk music. And sometimes somebody will make you understand like, Hey, what you doin' is serious, don't play it lightly 'cause it's changin' my life.
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With acting, you have to take it seriously because the other actors are putting in a lot of effort - and if you say, 'I'm just bullshitting here', it's like dissing 'em.
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I was doing the wrong thing, at the time I thought I was doing the right thing. It's like if you're dealing with somebody who is high on drugs, they can look back at it and say, Wow, I was destroying myself. But during the period, they think they're doing the right thing. You just have to let the smoke clear so you can see the whole picture.
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When I recorded my first album, my ego didn't let me believe that what I was gonna say on the mic, anyone would really care about. But then when I found out that they did, I started to take it more seriously.
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There is no such thing as a normal family so don't trip off it, just deal with it.
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...As an artist, you need the naysayers and the nonbelievers to add fuel to your creative fire.
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Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place.
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I think all music - not just rap - has fallen into this very diluted, delusional state, where everyone's singing about money and having cars, and having all this fun when really, people are losing their homes.
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I'm pretty open book, I'm also the kind of person that will say, 'That's none of your business,' too.
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So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting.
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When the President (of the United States) mentions your name in anger, you know the sh*t has hit the fan!
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The best way to listen to the album is to put it on, get some Moet, lay back with your boys, and kick it.
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If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting.
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I'm like a monkey. You don't let go of one branch until you get a hold of the other.
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If it sells, it sells. If it doesn't sell, I'll go make a movie.
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Another thing about me dealing with the old school rappers, you see a lot of humility. When you're new, nothing is wrong. Everything is tight. Because you're trying to hype the world into believing in you.
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