What we do in New Orleans, man - we party!

But don't get caught out there looking goofy. It's weird. When you do something that stinks, it's going to last forever on the Internet. There's always someone in the audience with a camera phone and if you're not 100%, you're going to be watching yourself on YouTube.

In looking at Hollywood and its structure, the director controls the medium, and I want to be in control of certain things. I want to be able to get my own ideas and my own feelings out there, and the only way to do that is to be behind the camera.

if I fail as Jamie Foxx, I'll just change my name and come back as something else.

I never planned to win an Oscar. When I auditioned for Ray, I was just thinking about what a great project it would be.

You are what you repeatedly do when things get hard.

Guys don't adapt as well as women do to getting their heart broken for the first time. It's tragic.