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Cuba Gooding, Jr.

Cuba Gooding Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor. He gained his breakthrough role as Tre Styles in Boyz n the Hood (1991); he appeared in A Few Good Men (1992), The Tuskegee Airmen (1995), Outbreak (1995), and Jerry Maguire (1996), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He gained later attention for his roles in Men of Honor (2000) as Carl Brashear, and in Michael Bay's WWII epic Pearl Harbor (2001) as Doris Miller. His other notable films include As Good as It Gets (1997), American Gangster (2007), Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013), and Selma (2014), playing civil rights attorney Fred Gray. In 2016, he portrayed O.J. Simpson in the FX drama series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, and co-starred in the sixth season of the FX anthology series American Horror Story, subtitled Roanoke.

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We all create our own reality by the choices we make.

Choices, Create, Make, Reality

I'm an avid hockey fan and I've been playing for about 17 years, and somebody recently told me that the first organized hockey teams in Canada were all black. Telling those stories would be cool.

Avid, Hockey, Organized, Team, Telling, Told

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

Born, Firsts, Son, Worked

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.

Actors, Back, Dancer, See, World

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

Thinking, Agency, People, Big, Matter

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.

Amazing, Apology, Awards, Know, Night, Remember

I speak to my agent about great roles, and he's like, 'They are all going to Will Smith.

Agents, Like, Roles, Smith, Speak

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

Actors, Asked, Church, Gospel, Lasts, Production

I rewind the TV every two minutes. If someone does something interesting, I have to see it over and over again.

Doe, Interesting, Minutes, Rewind, Two

I learned that not only am I a descendant of slaves, but that I am also a descendant of royalty, that there are politicians from the 1800s as well as Tuskegee Airmen in my lineage.

Descendant, Lineage, Politician, Slave, Tuskegee

When I commit to a role, I always tell myself that role is king. That's the Bible. If I start to judge my character, than it's going to influence my performance, and I don't want that. I want to find the truth in the character.

Kings, Character, Judging, Truth, Tell

I have never made a decision based on race and never will.

Based, Decision, Made, Race

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

Mom, Mother, Positive Thinking, Open, Says, Door