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.

With film, I have to be a team player; it's a whole different thing. I can't just be a one-man show. I have to learn how to use people to the best of their ability and motivate them to be as passionate about the project as I am.

My wife keeps me sharp. You know, she ain't going to let me get comfortable with this "Ice Cube" stuff.

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.

Most actors have to sit by the phone and wait for somebody to call them up to audition and stuff. I don't think I can exist in Hollywood just on that. I think I need to be proactive and making sure that things I really want to do are being developed to the point where somebody wants to make them?

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!

People wanted to have fun more than they wanted to learn from their music, and that's where the shift started to happen.