Nobody wants to hear R&B. It's sad. If you want to be on the radio you got to stay young.
Jamie FoxxAlso, I think having that comic gene kind of makes you look at things in a different way. If you take yourself so seriously, eventually you end up one of those people having a 'Do Not Disturb' sign on their lives. You see them drawing the curtains and they don't even realize that they've kind of drifted off somewhere.
Jamie FoxxI never planned to win an Oscar. When I auditioned for Ray, I was just thinking about what a great project it would be.
Jamie FoxxI didn't have a knee-jerk reaction like some people did to the language and the violence. My stepfather was a history teacher at Lincoln High School in Dallas. So, I was already familiar with the N-word and the brutality of slavery. What I was drawn to was the love story between Django and Broomhilda and how he defends and gets the girl in the end. I thought it was just an amazing and courageous project.
Jamie Foxx