I am admiring of my fellow peers, black filmmakers and black actors and actresses. — Cuba Gooding, Jr Actors Copy Share Image
I think all my characters haunt me. Especially the real-life ones, like Master Chief Carl Brashear, the Tuskagee Airmen. Every time I… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Excellence Copy Share Image
It's a director's job to tell a story and he's very well versed in telling stories with a bit of comedy in… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Cinema Copy Share Image
I learned that not only am I a descendant of slaves, but that I am also a descendant of royalty, that there… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Airmen Copy Share Image
What makes you think that what you know is any different from what I know? I had different teachers. — Cuba Gooding, Jr Different Copy Share Image
If I told you I was a Republican and you were a Democrat, no matter what I said after that, it would… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Matter Copy Share Image
When you see my performances, even people that you might have known, like Nicky Barnes in 'American Gangster,' you have to get… — Cuba Gooding, Jr American Copy Share Image
I was a fan of football. I was more of a Raiders fan, but I knew who O.J. was. I knew The… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Celebrity Copy Share Image
Jonathan Lynn is one of the last actors Orsen Welles used in a production. It was wonderful. He's very sharp, very sharp.… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Church Copy Share Image
There are roles I want that my agency might not want me to do because of the subject matter or whatever. Or… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Agency Copy Share Image
The truth is, you don't ever decide on a role, not when you first begin. You audition for the role, and you're… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Audition Copy Share Image
I have had this interesting love affair with London and England, though I don't know how London feels about me. — Cuba Gooding, Jr About Copy Share Image
I'm an avid hockey fan and I've been playing for about 17 years, and somebody recently told me that the first organized… — Cuba Gooding, Jr All black Copy Share Image
I feel I'm a hammer to the construction worker that is the filmmaker. — Cuba Gooding, Jr Construction Copy Share Image
Now, I have big-money offers on three movies, and I have director approval. That's kind of scary,' he says. 'No directors have… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Approval Copy Share Image
I remember when Heath Ledger talked about playing the Joker... I always used to look out of the side of my eye,… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Darkness Copy Share Image
When I commit to a role, I always tell myself that role is king. That's the Bible. If I start to judge… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Bible Copy Share Image
I rewind the TV every two minutes. If someone does something interesting, I have to see it over and over again. — Cuba Gooding, Jr Again Copy Share Image
Before I was an actor I was a break dancer, one of those street performers you see. I guess my introduction into… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Break Copy Share Image
It's the director's job to piece together my performance, his interpretation of my takes, each take, and string them together and make… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Cinema Copy Share Image
There's a lack of diversity amongst executives in the position of greenlighting a film who feel that their stories are being told.… — Cuba Gooding, Jr Cinema Copy Share Image
