84 Top Jamie Foxx Quotes To Share
Born and raised in Texas, Jamie Foxx has proved himself in the world of comedy, music and acting. He is known as ‘triple threat’, a name he earned owing to his mastery in the three aspects of art. Starting small from open-mic comedy events to tasting success with music albums, such as ‘Intuition’ and ‘Unpredictable’ to appearing in films like ‘Django Unchained,’ Jamie has come a long way to become a world famous personality that he is. Recipient of an Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe and a Grammy, Jamie has a positive outlook on life, which happens to be his mantra for success. We have compiled best of Jamie Foxx’s quotes from several of his interviews, song lyrics, stand-up shows and appearances on talk shows. Let us look at some of his best quotes to decode the ‘secret’ of his unprecedented success.
If I fail as Jamie Foxx, I'll just change my name and come back as something else.
I've been a sports fan all my life, and like most other actors, I'm convinced I could have been a pro athlete if Hollywood hadn't come calling.
You guys have so much energy. I threw a party in Toronto and there were, like, 4,000 people who couldn't get in.
What we do in New Orleans, man - we party!
As black folks we're always sensitive. As a black person it's always racial.
Nobody wants to hear R&B. It's sad. If you want to be on the radio you got to stay young.
I think girls have to play a little hard to get because we come with so much bravado.
When your movie is hot, your options are crazy.
I love music. I've always wanted to do music, even when I started out as a comedian.
Lil Wayne is a music god!!!!
I really wanted to just be a musician. I didn't want to be anything else, but I was funny and all that.
I'm a southern gentleman.
Will.i.am and I performed at Wango Tango. That's when my daughter said that I had made it in music.
We can't wave a magic wand and get rid of any of these people's problems, but what they want is they want to be heard.
In L.A. you can hide. I can hide at the beach, hide up in the hills. In Miami everybody is looking at you.
I would say my grandmother would be like my personal god.
I am a comedian and you guys know whatever I say, I don't mean any of it.
Man, after all my grandma put into me learning the piano, that was a hard day, telling her I was telling jokes for a living.
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.
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.
All of us black comedians are trying to be mainstream, but you don't want to lose the edge.
Mike Tyson's life is one of the most amazing American stories.
Every two, three years there is a movie about the Holocaust because they want you to remember and they want you to be reminded of what it was. When was the last time you seen a movie about slavery?
Then I was playing the piano at eight, and that helps you learn about women because most of the people I was playing for were women.
I'd like to say I'm R&B's savior.
The most interesting thing about acting is when you go to the dark places, that's a lot of energy. When you go to the happiest places, it's also a lot of energy.
Guys don't adapt as well as women do to getting their heart broken for the first time. It's tragic.
In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness?
Give it up for Ray Charles and his beautiful legacy. And thank you, Ray Charles, for living.
I don't know if I'm built for marriage.
