Latest Jamie Foxx Quotes from Interviews

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• I live young and I keep the weight off of me.

  Jamie Foxx

  Weight, Young

  Source: collider.com

• You gotta have the balls to go out there and be funny, man.

  Jamie Foxx

  Men, Balls, Funny Men

  Source: collider.com

• In black comedic culture, there's always been a thing about "Man, I ain't gotta wear a dress to be funny!" But I've done it.

  Jamie Foxx

  Men, Black, Dresses

  Source: collider.com

• All of us black comedians are trying to be mainstream, but you don't want to lose the edge.

  Jamie Foxx

  Black, Comedian, Trying

  Source: collider.com

• What I've noticed is that when people win huge and they have those huge, huge successes, sometimes they forget about the actual acting of it, and sometimes it's hard to come down from their perch.

  Jamie Foxx

  Winning, People, Acting

  Source: collider.com

• If you can, always be appreciative of the ebb and flow of the losses and the wins.

  Jamie Foxx

  Loss, Winning, Ebb And Flow

  Source: collider.com

• This whole thing called the internet and all this other kind of stuff is about to go crazy. It's all going to change. But, you know what's not going to change? The talented people.

  Jamie Foxx

  Crazy, People, Stuff

  Source: collider.com

• I think there's grays in characters if you look at all the great characters, those characters that have those layers of being good and being bad and what's the struggle. It's always more interesting to watch.

  Jamie Foxx

  Struggle, Character, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

• Mike Tyson's life is one of the most amazing American stories.

  Jamie Foxx

  Stories, Life Is, Most Amazing

  Source: screenrant.com

• Guys don't adapt as well as women do to getting their heart broken for the first time. It's tragic. I really wanted to be in love, get married, have kids and buy a wood-paneled station wagon for the family. But it didn't work out, and, boy, it wrecked it!

  Jamie Foxx

  Heart, Kids, Boys

  "Jamie Unchained". Interview with Kam Williams, www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com.

• I 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

  Girl, Teacher, School

  "Jamie Unchained". Interview with Kam Williams, www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com.

• I think girls have to play a little hard to get because we come with so much bravado.

  Jamie Foxx

  Girl, Thinking, Play

  "Anne Hathaway, Jamie Foxx, George Lopez and Carlos Saldanha Interview RIO". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 31, 2011.

• When your movie is hot, your options are crazy.

  Jamie Foxx

  Crazy, Hot

  "Anne Hathaway, Jamie Foxx, George Lopez and Carlos Saldanha Interview RIO". collider.com. January 31, 2011.

• I love music. I've always wanted to do music, even when I started out as a comedian.

  Jamie Foxx

  Comedian, Music Love, I Love Music

• Being just an actor, sometimes people are like, "Hey, man, we don't wanna see you no more, in front of the camera," and I don't want that.

  Jamie Foxx

  Men, People, Cameras

  "Jamie Foxx Talks PROJECT IMAGINAT10N, Playing the President in WHITE HOUSE DOWN, Tarantino’s DJANGO UNCHAINED and More". Interview with Christins Radish, collider.com. September 24, 2012.

• I want to be the person who eventually doesn't have to be in front of the camera. I can be behind the camera and really change things cinematically, and this is giving me an opportunity to do something behind the camera, which I really want to maximize.

  Jamie Foxx

  Opportunity, Giving, Cameras

  "Jamie Foxx Talks PROJECT IMAGINAT10N, Playing the President in WHITE HOUSE DOWN, Tarantino’s DJANGO UNCHAINED and More". Interview with Christins Radish, collider.com. September 24, 2012.