Jamie Foxx Quotes: His Top Ten Quotations & Sayings

His Thoughts on Becoming Ray Charles and Being Black in Hollywood

Bryan  Mckinley
Jamie Foxx is known for both his music and his acting. It is acting on such movies as Ray, Law Abiding Citizen and Dreamgirls that propelled him into the spotlight for good. His best quotes and sayings have to do with portraying Ray Charles, his views on Hurricane Katrina and trying to be a role model for young black males. Here are Jamie Foxx's top ten most popular quotes.

Jamie Foxx quote on wearing prosthetic eyelids that made him blind

"After six hours of being blind, you lose the sense of how a person is physically. It was amazing to hear the little buzzing voices all around you."

Thanking the legend himself

"I guess we got to do it again. 'Oh, ah!' Yeah, you're ready. That`s for Ray Charles. Give it up for Ray Charles and his beautiful legacy. And thank you, Ray Charles."

Jamie Foxx quote on his grandmother

"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."

Jamie Foxx quote on Hurricane Katrina

"I look forward to working with the NAACP in bringing immediate and ongoing aid to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was a heart attack that revealed a long history of social illnesses. You can't be human and watch all these different things go down and not do anything."

Going Willie Beamen on us

"I've been a sports fan all my life, and like most other actors, I'm convinced I could have been a pro athlete if Hollywood hadn't come calling."

Putting a stamp on it

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

Ray Charles laying the smackdown

"I hit one wrong note and he stopped. [He said], 'Why'd you do that? Don't do that. Don't hit wrong notes.' And I was like, 'Damn ... I'm just learning.' And he said, 'No, no, no ...don't hit wrong notes.' "

Sex is good. That is if you're doing it right

"Some say that sex is overrated but they just ain't doin' it right!"

Jamie Foxx quote on music

"I think that music is two things. It's either in the club or in the bedroom."

Jamie Foxx quote on being black in Hollywood

"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."

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Published by Bryan Mckinley

My writing interests are all over the board including novels, scripts, novellas, short stories, articles and poetry. I'm almost done with the first draft of a romance novella and the first draft of a movie s...  View profile

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