Cuba Gooding Jr
American actor
I wanted to meet Quentin Tarantino for Django Unchained but he had Jamie Foxx in mind – that one hurt.
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When were you happiest?
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Getting arrested in New York and discovering how lacking in morality US law enforcers are. Being handcuffed to a metal trolley in Bellevue Hospital because I cut my foot while being dragged from a police car, and listening to nurses chatting about hair products as I screamed for something to stop me hallucinating.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 February 2008 source ↗
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