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" It never gets old. Working with somebody like Kevin Hart is rejuvenating in a lot of ways. He's such a pro. He's so good. "
Ice Cube
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" My grandmother worked at one of those Bel-Air mansions, and we would go - not too often, but every now and then - to pick her up. Hollywood was probably 12 miles from my house, but it might as well have been a million miles away. The only time I saw that world was on TV. Until I started making records. "
Ice Cube
House
Time
World
" I've done movies for certain reasons; I did 'Anaconda' because the black man lives. Simple. The black man isn't dead in the first three pages, like Jurassic Park. It's like, 'The black man kills the snake with a Latino girl? Damn! I got to do this.' "
Ice Cube
Snake
Simple
Man
" Rap is just somebody getting something off his chest. That's all it is. "
Ice Cube
Off
His
Something
" I really appreciate family. I really can't imagine life without them! "
Ice Cube
Family
Without
Appreciate
" I think, to me, reality is better than being fake. "
Ice Cube
Think
Better
Fake
" My son, O'Shea. He looks like me, and he can rhyme. "
Ice Cube
He
Son
Rhyme
" I remember wishing there was snow in L.A. And how jealous we used to get of those Christmas specials with kids playing in the snow. "
Ice Cube
Remember
Jealous
Used
" I love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that's how I started my career. "
Ice Cube
You
Mistakes
People
" Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner. "
Ice Cube
Football
Dog
Accept
" Some people have a taboo about doing advertising in the States. You know, where they kind of make their bread and butter. But to me, that's crazy. "
Ice Cube
Me
Crazy
People
" I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients. "
Ice Cube
Cup
Me
Mean
" I am only 33, I've got a lot to do. This is the first half of my career. I'm looking forward to the future and I'm proud about the past. "
Ice Cube
Future
Proud
Got
" I was a very interested arts student, I was always into that part of school and when I got into high school I went into architectural drafting. It gave me an understanding of how to build things and it's really helped me put things in perspective. With my music and my movies, to me it's all art. "
Ice Cube
Art
Me
Perspective
" If you think about stuff that happened when you were young, it stays with you forever. "
Ice Cube
Young
You
Forever
" I do what I do. You like it, great. You don't, go listen to somebody else. I'm stickin' with the people who stuck with me. "
Ice Cube
Great
Go
Me
" I did 'Are We There Yet?' because I wanted to do a movie for my fans' kids. Black kids don't really see movies on this budget for them, starring them. And there's so many white kids that love that movie. "
Ice Cube
Budget
White
See
" I go light on breakfast. Sometimes it's a yogurt, but a lot of times it's leftovers from one of my wife's dinners. "
Ice Cube
Light
Wife
Breakfast
" I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean? "
Ice Cube
Actor
Mean
Stuff
" When I was in N.W.A. and didn't get paid all the money I was owed, that's when the business side of showbiz hit me. "
Ice Cube
Business
Me
Money
" I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who's trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in. "
Ice Cube
Think
Trying
Reading
" I used to love to draw. I didn't want to go to art class because I felt that would be too corny when I was young, but architectural drafting was the cool thing to do because there was more precision. It taught me a lot about building and structures and doorways and frames and windowsills. "
Ice Cube
Cool
Love
Building
" There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie. "
Ice Cube
Hood
Real
Never
" Music is where I have the most creative freedom, but I love producing. To me, that's kind of where all the action is. You get a chance to have your hands in every aspect of a film. From picking a director, sometimes picking a writer, to the actors, the wardrobe, set design, editing, music, and marketing. "
Ice Cube
Freedom
Love
Music
" Rap is always evolving. It's easy for the old school to hate the new school, but it's a music that got a little stifled I think, by the Internet a little bit. "
Ice Cube
Hate
Think
School
" I never get tired of 'It Was A Good Day' references or jokes or anything like that. It's just, you know, keeping my biggest hit alive. Nothing wrong with that. "
Ice Cube
Good Day
Day
You
" I was ready to get out of the box and play something a little different than what everybody has seen. "
Ice Cube
Box
Different
Little
" But with rap music - not just N.W.A. - but rap music in general, seeing these artists wearing these team logos all the time started bringing a synergy and energy about having to rep your city, your team, everywhere and all the time. "
Ice Cube
Time
Team
Seeing
" My worst ever car was a green Datsun B210, back when they called it 'Datsun' - now it's 'Nissan.' Very unsexy, unattractive. Girls hated the car. I was embarrassed to even be in it... but it was my transportation. "
Ice Cube
Green
Back
Transportation
" I never was in the Nation of Islam... I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, 'cause it's just me and God. "
Ice Cube
Myself
Nation
Islam
" There's a lot of talent in South Central L.A., in Compton and Long Beach and Watts, and the city north of Pico pretty much sits back and waits for that talent to emerge and then steps in. "
Ice Cube
Long
City
Back