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As an actor you have to bring to the table your creative input. But when a director like Ridley Scott says I want you to do this this way, you know when he gets to the editing room he has a reason for it. It's like watching a masterpiece. ↗

— Cuba Gooding, Jr.

#bring #creative #creative input #director #editing

Before I was an actor I was a break dancer, one of those street performers you see. I guess my introduction into the professional world of performing was a stint as back up dancer for Lionel Richie and I performed at the closing ceremony at the '84 Olympics. ↗

— Cuba Gooding, Jr.

#back #back up #before #break #ceremony

Don't let people disrespect you. My mom says don't open the door to the devil. Surround yourself with positive people. ↗

— Cuba Gooding, Jr.

#disrespect #door #mom #open #people

I understand it all. I can write my own ticket for one or two movies. But if they're not the right ones, my ticket gets yanked. I understand that's how it works, and I'm okay with it. ↗

— Cuba Gooding, Jr.

#how #i #i can #movies #my own

Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#about #average #before #between #her

I love this company. I don't know how it was selected. It's a bunch of machers. They mean business. ↗

— Jeffrey Tambor

#business #company #how #i #i love

I worked so much when my first son was born that I missed a lot. ↗

— Cuba Gooding, Jr.

#first #i #lot #missed #much

I'm not a prude. On the set, they called me 'Butt Naked.' ↗

— Cuba Gooding, Jr.

#i #me #naked #prude #set

Now, I have big-money offers on three movies, and I have director approval. That's kind of scary,' he says. 'No directors have been attached. That's a lot of pressure on me. ↗

— Cuba Gooding, Jr.

#attached #been #director #directors #i

I felt like I'd been misplaced in the cosmos and I belonged in Maine. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

#belonged #cosmos #felt #i #like