Cheech Marin [actor, artist, and activist]

By: Editor | August 19, 2009 | Ten by Ten

Los Angeles-native Cheech Marin is an actor, director, writer, musician, art collector, humanitarian and nationally ranked golfer. Best known as one half of the infamous Cheech and Chong comedy duo, Marin collaborated with Tommy Chong on six albums that went gold, received four Grammy nominations and won a Grammy for Los Cochinos, and he has starred in eight films — most recently in Beverly Hills Chihuahua and Race to Witch Mountain. He currently resides in Malibu and devotes a lot of energy to promoting his Chicano art.

Describe your most vivid childhood memory.
Falling down throat first on a broken mustard jar when I was 7.

What song do you play when you are feeling nostalgic?
Marvin Gaye’s What’s going on?

Make a prediction right now.
Lakers in six for the ’09 NBA title.

What are your thoughts on monogamy?
When you are in love you don’t want anything else.

Favorite quote?
“Living well is the best revenge.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald

Do you have guilty pleasure?
Watching Dancing with the Stars and Snickers bars.

Who was your hero when you were 10, and how has that person affected who you are now?
My cousin Louie. He was the inspiration for my sense of humor and intellectual curiosity to this day.

Finish the following sentence: I wish more people knew about…
Chicano art and artists.

What do you consider to be your greatest extravagance?
Piles of cashmere sweaters.

If you could have a one-night fling with any person, living or dead, who would it be?
I am the luckiest guy in the world because that person would be my fiancée, Natasha. It doesn’t get any better.

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