Cheech Marin
Cheech Marin
Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marinis an American comedian, actor, voice actor and writer who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s with Tommy Chong, and as Don Johnson's partner, Insp. Joe Dominguez, on Nash Bridges. He has also voiced characters in several Disney productions, including Oliver & Company, The Lion King, It's Tough to Be a Bug!, Cars, Cars 2 and Beverly Hills Chihuahua...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth13 July 1946
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Every medium has its own projection, and I find animation is much bigger than normal.
Rich white guys. That's the true minority.
Comedy teams are a real hard thing to do. That's why you don't see any of them.
I think you can directly link chihuahuas to Dow Jones.
I want my kids to grow up to be a useful citizen.
I'm old enough to make my own decisions.
Mexicans are quasi-legal.
To do a comedy team, it requires so much extracurricular stuff, so much compromise, so much intuitiveness to know what the other guy is doing. That's why it's so hard to do it.
Well, sometimes you need the fields to lie fallow in order to gain nutrients.
I guess one of the ways that karma works is that it finds out what you are most afraid of and then makes that happen eventually.
You know you're in a bad movie when the Catholic clergy is being played by Jews.
I always wanted to work with Betty White, because she is one of my heroes of all time, and I just love her.
We are a multicultural country - always have been, and to our credit, always will be. It is something that we should be very proud of and embrace.
What I look for when I see a piece of art for the first time is some kind of emotional, intellectual experience, that's a combination of both of those things and is informed by my knowledge and something new that I see the artist doing.