Nick Cannon Quotes

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Nick Cannon

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 8, 1980

To be compared to Will Smith is probably one of the coolest things because that's who I came up admiring.

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I'm so into playing different characters, even when I was on Nickelodeon. I just observe.

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We are already expected to be the goodie two shoes. I went through that during my junior high schools where I wasn't allowed to watch television. I wasn't allowed to listen to the radio.

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I was 16 years old, driving to LA, and sleeping in my car, just trying to make it happen.

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In the hip-hop community, it's about how real are you, or how strong can you be, and really my music just reflects me. If you can accept me, then you can accept my music.

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If you want to be in the automotive business, you go to Detroit, and you figure it out. If you want to be in entertainment, go to where it's at. Go to Hollywood, go to New York.

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There's so many people that follow the trend, and then it gets to a point where it gets a little stale. So, in music; I mean, whoever's the new trendsetter, that's who people follow.

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The beautiful thing about acting is that you can just dive into the character, strip yourself of everything, and just get in there and perfect your craft.

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I just work - however people feel about it, I mean, at the end of the day, if I'm waiting for accolades, I could be waiting all my life, but I don't need that stuff to validate me. I just do what makes me happy.

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People have always said I have an old soul, and all my best friends are 10 to 15 years my senior.

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I am not worthy to be on a Mariah Carey record. She's a true artist, so I just step back and watch the genius occur.

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Mariah's fashion game is definitely on a different level than mine. She actually knows Roberto Cavalli and Dolce & Gabbana. I didn't know those people actually existed; I thought they were just names.

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Most aspiring child actors or child stars have a passion for it. But as easy as it is for me to say that I wouldn't put my kids in it, if I saw that they really, really wanted to do and they had the drive, then I would fully support it. As long as there's balance at home, then they could do whatever they wanted to do.

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Me personally, I wouldn't put my kids on television. But to each his own.

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Real men change diapers!

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I want to affect culture. I want to have my mark on everything. I give examples of people like Bill Cosby, Quincy Jones - those are the people who I look up to. The game wouldn't be the same without them. What happens in the course of 5 years isn't really important to me. I care about what they'll say about me in 50 years.

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Hunger is a deep concern of mine, and I feel that no one should go without food in this world as long as there are caring people to lend a hand. I've had to struggle in my past and I know what it's like to go without, so I try to do as much as I can to help bring awareness to an issue that hits very close to home for me.

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I think I'm actually built for fatherhood. I love to have a good time and play, but at the same time I've got a really serious side to me, and I think that's the balance you have to have. Get on your kids' level, but at any point in time, let them know who the parent is.

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People think that as a celebrity, you have to have this sort of mystique about you, but I'm probably the realest person you'll ever meet.

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I was actually raised around a lot of children. So, I'm very comfortable around children.

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