Quotes by Jamie Foxx

“[On fellow Oscar winner Sidney Poitier:] I saw you once and I looked into your eyes and there was a connection. He said, I give to you responsibility, and Im taking that responsibility tonight. Thanks, Sidney.”

“Give it up for Ray Charles and his beautiful legacy. And thank you, Ray Charles for living.”

“We cant wave a magic wand and get rid of any of these peoples problems, but what they want is they want to be heard,”

“The reason you have to do this is you have to let them know that youre real.”

“Ive been a sports fan all my life, and like most other actors, Im convinced I could have been a pro athlete if Hollywood hadnt come calling,”

“Fortunately now, I may not be doing Booty Call 2, ”

“If Fantasia does the movie its completely in the stratosphere. Its nuts,”

“With the first album, the timing wasnt right and it wasnt a good situation. The situation is perfect now. The movie set everything up and people are more accepting now. The good thing is that its not forced. If people dig the music, it will do well, and if they dont -- well, I wont do an album for another 10 years.”

She still talks to me now, only now she talks to me in my dreams. And I cant wait to go to sleep tonight because we have a lot to talk about. I love you.

Ive been a sports fan all my life, and like most other actors, Im convinced I could have been a pro athlete if Hollywood hadnt come calling.

Well, the album Intuition is out and just went platinum officially. So I think to have the music doing what its doing right now, man, its the ultimate. Nobody is really selling records out there but we are at a million records and we dropped it at Christmas, so we are just trying to get that thing to like two million, you know.

Im bad on Valentines Day, but even worse on Christmas. I go shopping at nine oclock on December 24th every year. Nobody else is there. Im in ToysRUs all by myself. I get there five minutes before closing.

When you look at Michael Jackson, theres nobody who loves him in that family, nobody. If they did, theyd tell him he didnt have to do all that in order to be famous. All he has to do is keep doing his music and be himself. Michaels been a little touched for about 20 years, but somebody needs to pull him aside and tell him they love him.

Ive had to be a man since I was 12 or 13. I had a job. And I was playing the piano for people twice my age. Handling responsibility is what makes a man a man.

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.

Nobody wants to hear R&B. Its sad. If you want to be on the radio you got to stay young.