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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.

Jamie Foxx

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Jamie Foxx
Age: 56
Born: 1967
Born: December 13
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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?
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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.
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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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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.
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