What We Do In New Orleans, Man

I Want To Be The Person Who Eventually Doesn't Have To Be In Front Of The Camera. I Can Be Behind The Camera And Really Change Things Cinematically, And This Is Giving Me An Opportunity To Do Something Behind The Camera, Which I Really Want To Maximize.

If I Fail As Jamie Foxx, I'll Just Change My Name And Come Back As Something Else.

Actually, Music Gave Me The Support When I Needed It. I Would Never Have Gone To College Unless I'd Gotten A Piano Scholarship. And Now I'm So Glad I Got To Learn To Play The Cello, Which Is A Different Experience, You're Flexing A Different Muscle, But It's Beautiful Because It Is Music.

You Know What? I Never Really Factor Hollywood Into Anything. I'm A Black Actor, So I Can't Really Control What Hollywood Thinks. I Gotta Go Do My Thing, And My Jokes Have Got To Be Funny. Whatever I Do Has Got To Be Great.

What's Weird Is When You Meet A Girl Who Is 23 And You Are Talking To Her, Even Her Voice Is High-pitched, She's Young. You Ask Her How Old She Is, She Says, 'twenty-three, How Old Are You?' And When I Tell Her I'm 41 It's Like I've Just Told Her I Have Cancer. It's, 'oh My God, How Long Have You Had That?'