If I were an animal, I would be an eagle.

If I were an animal, I would be an eagle.

Jamie Foxx

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

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

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.

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.

In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness?

In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness?

I play a slave. How black is that? I have to wear chains. How whack is that? But don’t worry. I get free. I save my wife and I kill all the white people in the movie. How great is that?

I play a slave. How black is that? I have to wear chains. How whack is that? But don’t worry. I get free. I save my wife and I kill all the white people in the movie. How great is that?

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

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

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

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

And perfect happiness? Man, that's a...the pool is about 92 degrees, the Jacuzzi is about 102 and an avocado farm.

And perfect happiness? Man, that's a...the pool is about 92 degrees, the Jacuzzi is about 102 and an avocado farm.

I'd like to say I'm R&B's savior.

I'd like to say I'm R&B's savior.

I've 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.

I've 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

We cannot turn our back and say that violence in films or anything that we do doesn't have a sort of influence. It does.

We cannot turn our back and say that violence in films or anything that we do doesn't have a sort of influence. It does.

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

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

A woman's posterior is the key to my heart.

A woman's posterior is the key to my heart.

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.

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.

I wish I could take what I'm feeling right now and put it in the water system, and we would all love each other.

I wish I could take what I'm feeling right now and put it in the water system, and we would all love each other.