Jamie Foxx Quotes

When I came out to Hollywood in 1985, I thought that I would be sitcom star. I'm a tall, skinny, goofy guy. I thought that I would make a great funny neighbor, or wacky office mate, in a sitcom.

I've never had to get a job as a waiter or anything. I've always been able to support myself in 'the biz.' Which is great. It's really fantastic to be able to say that, because I know it's hard to do.

It's funny, everything is so much easier when you do it yourself.

I try to please myself. I don't try to anticipate what people want to see.

It's a great life being an actor, and I wouldn't change it for anything.

That is the thing I'm most grateful for in this industry to be able to spin in those different mediums, with television, film and the stage - at this stage of the game.

As an actor, you know, I love not being pigeonholed, which is great. No one really knows who I am. So that's a positive.

I never think about what others are doing. I do a film for myself, not others.

I'm not the kind of person that seeks out other people's opinions on my works.

I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own.

You never undertake a project because you think other people will like it - because that way lies madness - but rather because you believe in it.

When you're in the car, how well you do is down to you and you alone-no band, no management, no marketing.

Show business has been really, really good to me because I can work and take a lot of time off, and I'm extremely undisciplined person.

For nearly eight decades, I've had the great fortune of playing thousands of roles before millions of people.

If my gravy train stops at SAG, honey, it's been a great ride.

For this album I was determined to do it my way. Take my time. I'm gonna win, lose or draw on my own.

I just wanted to be in show business. I didn't care if I was going to be an actor or a magician or what. Comedy was a point of the least resistance, really. And on the simplest level, I loved comedy.

I became a loner. I became a mountain man. A lot of those things are very good qualities and they help you do your work, help you be singular and keep the artistic integrity of your work intact, but they don't make it very easy to live your life.

I did 'Showtime at the Apollo' when I was 10, and it was the first time that I'd ever performed on TV, and it felt great.

It's cool that people like what I do, but I don't work for the audience.

I hope I have quite a few great roles to come.

I never really think about what people are going to think of the movie afterwards. Or what people are going to call me. I just want to make a great project, and my focus is really all on that. And then I really don't read reviews. Like, you know, go on comment boards or anything.

I just like the continue doing what I've been doing. A melange of funny, straight drama, television, movies, a little theater here and there wouldn't hurt. So if I can keep doing that, I'll be a very happy person.

Doing TV is great, but TV is for starring on, not for watching.

I love to read scripts. But I am very happy right now to say that I am a working actor. In this town of Los Angeles, the phrase 'I'm an actor' is overrated. So, I like to say, 'I'm a working actor.'