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To be the leading man it's about the celebrity and the looks, and it's tough to do that. People who do it great are people like Tom Cruise and Will Smith - they're built for that. I ain't. I'm more of a character guy.

Jamie Foxx

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Jamie Foxx
Age: 56
Born: 1967
Born: December 13
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all of us feel special inside to where we feel as if we are the best, unique, or blessed. of course this is true, our error in this thought process is we forget that all the other people and all living things are just as special as we feel about ourselve.
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It's hard to be a celebrity nowadays. It's not about your track record anymore. If you have a great movie, you're good. If not, people are ready to write you off. I think the only ones who are really winning are people like Will Smith. People go, 'Oh, it's Will Smith. I've got to see him, whatever he's in.'
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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.
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Give it up for Ray Charles and his beautiful legacy. And thank you, Ray Charles, for living.
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If you can, always be appreciative of the ebb and flow of the losses and the wins.
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Quentin Tarantino is a hip-hop artist. I told him, You're hip-hop! You keep seeing surprises, and a clip here and there, because Quentin is hip-hop. A hip-hop artist will drop a single, leak something over here, and drop something over there 'cause he knows it's hot. He's on the spot with the way he does things.
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(I get to) kill all the white people... How great is that?
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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.
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I went to college on a classical piano scholarship. My grandmother made me practice one full hour a day. Every day. Man. I thought all she wanted was for me not to have any fun. Next thing you know, you have a career in music. Now, not everybody's going to go on and be Mozart or Michael Jackson. But music makes you smarter.
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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.
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I really wanted to just be a musician. I didn't want to be anything else, but I was funny and all that.
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I never planned to win an Oscar. When I auditioned for Ray, I was just thinking about what a great project it would be.
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