Jamie Foxx
Jamie Foxx
Eric Marlon Bishop, known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer, songwriter, and comedian. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, for his work in the 2004 biographical film Ray. The same year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the crime film Collateral...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth13 December 1967
CityTerrell, TX
CountryUnited States of America
We didn't know we were being unpredictable with the decision we were making. I just looked at people like Chris Rock and Will Smith, and they had their slots of how they became successful. We did things off the beaten path.
Doc Rivers been hoarse since birth
If you look at how long the Earth has been here, we're living in the blink of an eye. So, whatever it is you want to do, you go out and do it.
Black people are the most talented people in the world,
I want to thank my daughter, who told me, 'If you don't win, Dad, you're still good,' ... who taught me how to act.
It's like church over here. It's like church in here. First of all, give an honor to God and our Lord and Savior Barack Obama,
A woman's posterior is the key to my heart.
I'm a real person, and I'm angry. I'm trying to use this celebrity thing to get people some help. AIDS, poverty, racism - I want to be one of the hands that helps stop all that. I'll put it on my shoulders. I'll charge it to my account.
With 'Django Unchained,' when you're dealing with slavery, it's like a gymnastics routine with the highest amount of difficulty. Quentin Tarantino is not going to do a movie that's just going to lay there and be safe. There's going to be twists and flips.
I'd like to say I'm R&B's savior.
My worst hair experience was when I was trying to relax my hair and my grandmother did it. It went all straight and I looked like a black Bee Gee.
She still talks to me now, only now she talks to me in my dreams. And I can't wait to go to sleep tonight because we have a lot to talk about. I love you.
Having a stage name is like having a Superman complex. I go into the telephone booth as Eric Bishop and come out as Jamie Foxx.
That's what's great about the arts. Everything inspires you, and you get a chance to grow from watching other people and how they do their work.