Ice Cube Quotes

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

The '80s was wild compared to my real small childhood, which was late '70s.

We have to step up as adults and try to guide our youth.

I'm the most successful person in my generation of family members, and that sucks.

I wanted to go in a different direction, artistically. But having somebody like Terry[Crews] in it was your ace in the hole. That makes it very strong, so I definitely had to jump in with both feet.

While I had done the movies through Revolution Studios, we own the sitcom. It was a situation where, once the team was assembled, I knew we could create something really, really good.

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 me on that path.

I'm ready to run a studio. I'm ready to green light movies, and be in it to win it, you know? It's close. It'll happen.

You always want your kids to step up at the moment of truth.

I can't really attribute my success onscreen to any formula and suggest you "do this or that" to make it as an actor.

I love Godzilla, but my favorite was on this TV Show, Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot. I used to love the idea of having a giant robot under my control. That was like a dream come true for a kid.

You don't have to spend $200 million or $100 million to make a great movie.

I like to deal with things I heard about, ... People are always getting their house broken into around the holidays. That's when the crime rate goes up.

My problem is that I never get through the whole book. I skim through this one, that one, and then the other one.

You learn that Hollywood has its own rules, sometimes. And it's tricky, and sometimes you can't see what's coming around the corner.

The movie industry is one big collaboration. Music gives me that freedom to create things straight from my heart and my mind.

I love performing. I'll never get that out of me.

To be the cream of the crop is no easy feat. It's a big deal.

My wife keeps me sharp. You know, she ain't going to let me get comfortable with this "Ice Cube" stuff.

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

I'm interested in how things are put together, and that's more interesting to me than just regular shows, even though I like The Walking Dead.

I've been around a lot longer than most rappers stay around. So I don't feel like, I haven't made too many career mistakes.

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

You can't boycott something you never went to anyway,so why put energy into it?

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

Anybody that really knew Tupac will tell you the same thing. That he was just a dude that was full of life, full of energy.

I don't listen to nothing while I'm in the studio, because I don't want to be influenced by anybody else.

When you go to a movie, you don't care for one Oscar, really. Do you care if a guy got a Oscar on the shelf or is it a good movie? And, you don't care how much the movie made.

I would love to meet Bob Marley. I mean, he's passed, but that's somebody that I would've loved to meet.

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.

We'll burn your store right down to a crisp.

Do I gotta go sell me a whole lotta crack for decent shelter and clothes on my back?

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

America eats its youth like reptiles...Educat e yourself before they dumb you down.

I still enjoy doing music. I'm not going to stop doing it, and doing it the way that I feel it should be done.

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.

Can't step from one movie set to the next. Only Samuel L. Jackson can do that. All us mere mortals can't do that!

My son, O'Shea. He looks like me, and he can rhyme.

I really appreciate family. I really can't imagine life without them!

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.

For my birthday, buy me a politician!

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

We're in this entertainment business really to give the audience what they want.

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.

Brothers keep asking Ice Cube, 'Yo, when will you bust?' They surround me and make a big fuss

A lot of movies will deliver on the promotion but when you go see them, everything you laughed at was in the trailer.

I know I ain't too old. I always think of my fans about 10 years older and 10 years younger than me.

Hollywood is obsessed with police stories.

With comedies, I like to be a producer, because comedies can get corny and go off track real fast.

I'm a good counter comedian. I can just work it off with looks, or have something crazy to say back. That works for me.