Cuba Gooding Jr: What has been your biggest disappointment?

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Recorded Cuba Gooding Jr said elsewhere, not written here

I wanted to meet Quentin Tarantino for Django Unchained but he had Jamie Foxx in mind – that one hurt.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2012 source ↗

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Super Mario Brothers.

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