Juicy Facts About Jamie Foxx You Didn't Know Until Right Now

By Maria Corina Marrero

Jamie Foxx is one of the most famous celebrities out there, and you’d have to be living under a rock not to have read or heard anything about his new upcoming animated film Rio which opens this Friday to rave reviews. I got the chance to interview Jamie in Miami Beach and I made sure I got some great facts about him you probably didn’t know...

1)      Jamie Foxx loves sexy shoes:

When I came into the interview the first thing the Oscar winner said to me was: "Wow I looooove your sexy shoes." He was so vocal and expressive in his compliment, that Mr. Foxx even made me blush. "I love women with sexy shoes," he said… Now, how do you proceed with an interview after a comment like that?

2)      Jamie Foxx doesn’t consider himself the most talented:

Talk about being down to earth, humble and honest. When discussing fame and fortune, I told Jamie I’ve always thought luck (good and bad) has much more impact than we’d really like to admit in our futures. Jamie Foxx agreed with me: "Oh, absolutely... there is a bit of luck in all of this… there are people that can do just about everything that I do, and even more, and they just didn’t get the break. When I got to LA I saw comedians that were extremely talented and I would wonder why aren’t they bigger. I was very fortunate, within a year I was already doing a television show. So a lot of it it’s also timing. Now, once you get that chance to do what you do you have to make it through, you have to make it work."

3)      Jamie has lots in common with his character in Rio:

"I’d say we’re both romantics… I’m an incurable romantic" -And he sings a song with the lyrics “I’m a romantic... Romaaaanceee- then he continued: "We both love living our lives and we love music and love. I always wanted to be in animation so it was pretty fun… yet it took a little getting used to because I wanted to act."

4)      Jamie considers In living color to be his first big real break:

"I got to do stand up before all of those people and once I got a standing ovation, and I said, ok, this is it."

5)      The one moment Jamie knew he was finally famous:

"I knew things were going well when boys would say hi to me on the 7/11 store!"

Rio opens this Friday April 15th with amazing cast Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez, Carlos Ponce, Jaime Foxx, Rodrigo Santoro, Tracy Morgan, Jake T. Austin and Will.i.am.

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