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Cuba Gooding, Jr.

"The hardest part was when I was in high school not having a job and always being broke. I had to get to auditions without a car. I either took the bus or walked."

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"The hardest part was when I was in high school not having a job and always being broke. I had to get to auditions without a car. I either took the bus or walked."

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Donna Grant

"I replaced the headlights in my car with strobe lights, so it looks like I'm the only one moving."

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Donna Grant

"I had a friend who was a clown. When he died, all his friends went to the funeral in one car."

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Donna Grant

"I hate fishing, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to hike when you can get in the car and drive."

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Donna Grant

"I sing in the car if I'm in LA, because you're like soundproofed."

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Donna Grant

"One morning, about four o'clock, I was driving my car just about as fast as I could. I thought, Why am I out this time of night? I was miserable, and it came to me: I'm falling in love with somebody I have no right to fall in love with."

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Donna Grant

"My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car."

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Donna Grant

"I will never have a drink and get behind the wheel of a car. It's not illegal to drink and drive, but there becomes a certain point where it does become a crime."

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Donna Grant

"Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth."

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Donna Grant

"Car designers are just going to have to come up with an automobile that outlasts the payments."

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Donna Grant

"One of my biggest problems this season was with the clutch at the start of the race. I hate to risk the car."

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Cuba Gooding, Jr.
"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."

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Cuba Gooding, Jr.
"There are roles I want that my agency might not want me to do because of the subject matter or whatever. Or there are roles that people won't bring to me because they don't think I'll do it. And that is a big strain because an actor wants to act."

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Cuba Gooding, Jr.
"Jonathan Lynn is one of the last actors Orsen Welles used in a production. It was wonderful. He's very sharp, very sharp. It's funny I've been asked how weird it was to have a Brit do a church gospel movie."

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Cuba Gooding, Jr.
"The hardest part was when I was in high school not having a job and always being broke. I had to get to auditions without a car. I either took the bus or walked."

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Cuba Gooding, Jr.
"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."

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Cuba Gooding, Jr.
"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 them and keeping the pace of the movie right and that's exactly what he did. He was observant of a world he didn't understand but he told a wonderful story."

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Cuba Gooding, Jr.
"The Academy Awards was an amazing night. I know I kind of lost my mind a little bit. I apologize for that. That night went so fast; I can't remember what I said or what happened."

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Cuba Gooding, Jr.
"My wife and I have been together since 1986. I graduated in '86 and she graduated in '88. We began dating when she was 17. Actually she turned 18 when we started kissing and stuff."

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