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.

As a husband, I'm a true partner. I don't believe one person should have dominance over another.

If you think about stuff that happened when you were young, it stays with you forever.

The way I grew up and the neighborhood I come from, when you know somebody's beating you and you still let it happen, then you're a victim. You're no longer a man when you know something is happening and you don't stand up. So that's just how we raised.

There's not enough Ice Cubes out there. There's not enough Ice Cubes getting a chance to do their thing.

What I learned from architectural drafting is that everything has to have a plan to work. You just can't wing it. I can't get all the materials I need for a house and just start building. Whether it's a career, family, life - you have to plan it out.

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