Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Cuba Gooding Jr.is an American actor. He is best known for his Academy Award–winning role as Rod Tidwell in Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth2 January 1968
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
editing creative actors
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. Its like watching a masterpiece.
bit exactly job keeping observant pace stories telling versed wonderful
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.
I'm not a prude. On the set, they called me 'Butt Naked.'
black peers actors
I am admiring of my fellow peers, black filmmakers and black actors and actresses.
church actors lasts
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
thinking agency people
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
two interesting doe
I rewind the TV every two minutes. If someone does something interesting, I have to see it over and over again.
agents roles speak
I speak to my agent about great roles, and he's like, 'They are all going to Will Smith.
son firsts born
I worked so much when my first son was born that I missed a lot.
dancer actors world
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.
writing two tickets
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.
scary pressure approval
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
kissing wife dating
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.
jobs school car
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.