Ice Cube Movie Quotes & Sayings

Once you have a felony conviction on your record, one of the most difficult things to do is to break the cycle of recidivism. — Hill Harper

"Are We There Yet?" was the perfect title, because it's such a common saying. And having made the movie with the same name kinda locks it all in. — Ice Cube

I don't cook gumbo, but I just know it's a lot of good ingredients in it. And, with a movie, you got to have all those ingredients. — Ice Cube

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 hinge on silliness, but on real life. — Ice Cube

The creative process of making a movie really turned me on. I'd started getting behind the scenes with a camcorder and VHS tape when making music videos. — Ice Cube

I believe how you measure a good movie is how many times you can see it. With comedies, I like to be a producer, because comedies can get corny and go off track real fast. 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. — Ice Cube

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! — Ice Cube

Don't get a movie confused with real life. I'm a well-rounded human being like everyone else. — Ice Cube

There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie. — Ice Cube

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

Restore the spinning wheel to its place and you will solve the problem of poverty. — Mahatma Gandhi

As far as producing, once we started shooting, I soon realized where the critical decisions about the movies were really being made, and it wasn't on the set. They were being made in the production meetings. That's where producing a movie happens. And that's where I wanted to be. I didn't just want to be a piece, a pawn being played. I wanted to take part in the creative process, and that's how I sort of got introduced to the idea. — Ice Cube

I wouldn't mind paying taxes - if I knew they were going to a friendly country. — Dick Gregory

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

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

A Poet = A willingness to be vulnerable & to trust the inner voice. — Morgan Dragonwillow

Every memory I had growing up was involving a basketball. I didn't go to the prom and stuff like that. It was always basketball for me. — Kevin Durant

When I did 'Boyz N The Hood', I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie. — Ice Cube

A good movie is a movie that you could see over and over again, not a movie that wins a Oscar, or a movie that makes a lot of money. It's a movie that you personally can watch over and over again. That, to me, is a measure of a good movie. — Ice Cube

I figured, when I make a movie, especially earlier in my career, one thing I was going to make sure was that the movie doesn't cost a lot and that it has potential to make a lot of money. That's how you get respect in Hollywood. — Ice Cube

You can measure films on box office success, or people lovin' the movie whenever they see it. That's what I measure my movies on. How much people love these movies after they get a chance to see them, no matter how they get a chance to see them. — Ice Cube

You can say what you want to about a rapper in a movie, but look at what Ice Cube has done. Ice Cube has created more opportunities for other actors to get jobs in this business than some actors have. — Anthony Anderson

When you have a good movie, it's hard to categorize it. It's everything. It makes you laugh, makes you cry and makes you think. — Ice Cube

You have to resist falling in love with the money they [producers] want to give you. You have to really resist that, and you have to just think about the work and whether it's a movie that you would want to see. — Ice Cube

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. — Ice Cube

Creating is really what I like to do. The best thing in the world is to have an idea in the back of your head and then to make that idea into a movie and have people all over the world enjoy it. — Ice Cube

The world is the devil's hunting-ground, and children are his choicest game. — Anthony Comstock

Use humility to make the enemy haughty. Tire them by flight. Cause division among them. When they are unprepared, attack and make your move when they do not expect it. — Sun Tzu

I think that my "Let's get it done! Let's have fun! Let's make a great movie!" attitude helped. I rarely have problems on my movies with egos and attitudes. — Ice Cube

You pay to have a good time, you don't always want to pay to be schooled or sad or reminded how bad you got it. To me a movie theater ain't always the place for that. — Ice Cube

The real is always presented. That hardcore record or movie is not needed in the hood, because it's already there. You can see it with your own eyes. — Ice Cube