Sometimes you almost have to laugh to keep from crying to deal with the pain associated with the ‘hood. – Gucci Mane
When I did ‘Boyz N The Hood’, I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie. – Ice Cube
Richard Armitage is very good at the old horse riding because of course he did it in ‘Robin Hood,’ so he’s very good at that. – James Nesbitt
The first thriller ever? It was probably one from 1697. It was called ‘Little Red Riding Hood.’ – Ashwin Sanghi
The narrative oftentimes is that everything that comes out of the hood is ‘real,’ and so I thought, ‘I’ll base it on the absurd, the not real. I’ll twist the idea of real on its head and see if I can get away with it. I’ll make paintings that come not from a place but through an abstract gaze.’ – Mark Bradford
I’m 5-foot-5, and I’ll wear a big parka and put the hood up, and nobody gives me a second glance. – Daniel Radcliffe
I grew up in the hood, and I was raised to hate cops. But then, I started to realize that they’re people, and they have lives, too. – Manny Montana
When you say something or sing something enough times, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It’s almost like casting spells. I don’t mean necessarily in the flighty, ‘I’m going to go buy a cloak with a hood now’ way. – Feist
Hood films now are made by studios and have nothing to do with the reality they supposedly represent. – Mathieu Kassovitz
In my own area, Hood Canal, we are working with the USGS on dealing with this oxygenation problem. – Norm Dicks
I thought I’d write a massive postmodern novel about Richard the Lionheart and Robin Hood, but it turns out they couldn’t have met because the first mention of Robin Hood appears 60 years after Richard died. – Justin Cartwright
They keep the song as street as it needs to be. It’s got a good catchy hook where it can do what it needs to do on the radio, but they keep the song street where it will keep credibility in the hood. – Jermaine Dupri
Faced with the way the system does you in the ‘hood sometimes, if you don’t literally get out, your chances are slim. You’ll definitely die mentally. You’ll pretty much die physically. – Lupe Fiasco
Santa Barbara is my hood. I mean, it’s not much of a hood, but it is definitely like my hood. I claim Santa Barbara like I claim my family. I’m going to be married and buried there. – Katy Perry
Before ‘Scandal,’ I was actually cast in two other pilots. Both went to series, but I was fired and recast. For both, it was because they wanted me to sound more ‘girlfriend,’ more like ‘hood,’ more ‘urban.’ – Kerry Washington
There’s an interesting mix to ‘Robin Hood’ because it’s kind of modern but medieval. There is a blend of adventure with a very modern feel. – Joanne Froggatt
Robin Hood is often seen as the hands-on-hips, archetypal, tally-ho hero. But, realistically, the one calling the shots wouldn’t be at the front shouting about it. He’d be the one you don’t expect. – Jonas Armstrong
I’m from the burbs. I’ve been in the hood, but I don’t live there. I have lived in the hood, but I don’t live there anymore. I lived in Harlem, and that was crazy, even though Harlem is a lot nicer than it used to be. – Jay Pharoah
I’m probably proudest of being able to lift a lot of us out of the ‘hood. That’s the biggest thing, that I’ve been able to employ a lot of people and give them opportunities. – Queen Latifah
