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Common Doesn’t Use Email and Has a Fetish For Pinching Cheeks

25 Things Common
25 Things Common

The new Oscar winner, 43, fills Us in.

1. My first car was a ­Hyundai Excel.

2. I don’t use email.

3. I love fish and shrimp tacos, pizza, and french fries.

4. My dad was 6-foot-8 and my mom was 5-foot-2. That’s how I’m 6 feet tall.

5. I cannot cook.

Related: PHOTOS: Celebrities in the Kitchen

6. One of my favorite Scriptures is Corinthians 13.

7. My preferred drink is red wine or sangria.

8. I didn’t start texting until 2009.

9. I love telling corny jokes.

10. One of my first crushes was Lisa Bonet.

11. The first acting I ever did was in A Christmas Carol. I played Tiny Tim.

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12. I’ve had the same group of friends since I was 14.

13. Sydney is one of my favorite cities.

14. I played my daughter [Omoye, 17] jazz music in the womb.

15. I had to do community service in college, picking up trash on the highway.

16. I started losing my hair at 25.

17. If I weren’t doing what I do now, I would be a coach of some kind.

18. My favorite nighttime snack is gluten-free chocolate-chip cookies and rice milk.

19. My only dog, King, ran away when I was 7.

Related: PHOTOS: Celebrities With Their Pets

20. I would love to be in a Quentin Tarantino film.

21. I want to do a shoot with Annie Leibovitz.

22. I have a fetish for pinching cheeks.

23. My favorite body parts on a woman are eyes, lips, and thighs.

Related: PHOTOS: Celebrity Hot Bodies: Best of 2013

24. I have never liked ­macaroni and cheese.

25. My mom and I used to watch Dynasty together every Thursday night.

Run All Night is in theaters March 13.

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