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Ice Cube talks about how hard it is to prove yourself in Hollywood, like climbing a mountain or building a skyscraper. He says staying loyal to the people who stick with him matters more than chasing money. He also points out that many bright minds in places like South Central LA never get a chance to shine.

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When people see the Cubevision logo, they should know it's something good, something worth checking out.

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The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people…

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My movies work because not many people in Hollywood are like me.

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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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Usually people who attack the rap are people who aren't even fans.

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I always say the movie came out good if they want another one. That always tells me that people really liked the…

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The silver and black may have another home, but the Raiders will always belong to the people of Los Angeles.

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I do what I do. You like it, great. You don't, go listen to somebody else. I'm stickin' with the people who…

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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…

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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…

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I want to do more drama. Comedy is the path of least resistance for my company. People know we can do them.…

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We don't do movies for the industry. We do movies for the fans, for the people. If the industry give you a…

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People associate clothes with actual behavior, and it's kind of crazy. If you get shot in some Levi's you don't go after…

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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…

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If you give anybody the chance, they can always make a decent human being out of themselves. It's the people that don't…

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You have to be able to give the people what you want in your way. And that's how you, to me, become…

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I think people, if you really want to be happy, you have to find God yourself, and you're going to have to…

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We should love the fact that we're not just getting one point of view. That we have this diversity in entertainment, and…

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I always tell people that if you gave me a pen and a piece of paper when I was a teenager and…

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They thought we were just basically keeping ourselves underground on purpose. And it was just strange for people to approach music that…

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The biggest change in the government's behavior has been because of TV and its ability to show to the world what has…

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The best thing to do is to write about what you know, and if you write about what you know you can…

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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…

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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…

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Young people are dying for no reason all over the world that don't know why. It's ugly, everywhere.

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People wanted to have fun more than they wanted to learn from their music, and that's where the shift started to happen.

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If you born in the mud, you gonna be dirty, and people don't understand that.

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Cool people still have a hard time showing what they got in Hollywood.

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I don't think people should try to force their will on their family.

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Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.

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I love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that's how I started my career.

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There's a lot of potential that goes unused in places like South Central L.A., a lot of brilliant, smart people who just…

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Whatever happened in the neighborhood. That's what I was rapping about. And that sparked people's interest. And that's what kind of put…

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There's things people say in the barbershop they won't even say in their own living room, because it's just one of those…

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I believe every pencil has to be sharpened every now and then to stay sharp, or you dull out. So my records,…

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Do not turn into just cookie-cutter producer, cookie-cutter this, but a producer that people say wow, when they do something it's great…

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I believe our society has fell into a pyramid system where there's people relegated to the bottom of that pyramid and there's…

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It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be…

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Creating is really what I like to do. The best thing in the world is to have an idea in the back…

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With film, I have to be a team player; it's a whole different thing. I can't just be a one-man show. I…

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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my…

Cool people still have a hard time showing what they got in Hollywood.

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…

I think when somebody goes to the movies and they spend their money and they take the girl out, the family, they want to…

I think, to me, reality is better than being fake.

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…

I still want to put together bigger and better programs to work with the community. I still think I could do better on that…

Everybody in the world has to compromise. I don't know one person that gets everything they want, so the politicians are going to have…

You have to resist falling in love with the money they [producers] want to give you. You have to really resist that, and you…

Our household is built on love and respect. And we don't really let negative vibes stay too long. It's worked out. I got a…

Go down to the corner store and beat the Jap up, clean all the crap up.

I think [director] Malcolm Lee is a real master at being able to make you laugh while bringing serious subject-matter, so the movie doesn't…