Jamie Foxx (@iamjamiefoxx) is an Academy Award-winning actor, a Grammy Award-winning musician, and a famous standup and improv comedian. He is, without a doubt, the most consummate performer and entertainer I have ever met. In the 2.5 hours we spent together in his home studio, he blew my mind.
We cover a TON in this wide-ranging episode, including many never-before-heard stories.
Intro [00:00]
Why Jamie keeps a grand piano in his home studio [06:49]
Automated Dialogue Replacement (ADR) [08:13]
How Jamie broke into music [09:32]
How then-unknown Jamie Foxx got into Puff Daddy’s parties [09:57]
Jamie challenges Puff Daddy by throwing down the party gauntlet [10:55]
How Jamie stayed connected before social media [11:59]
Why nobody leaves Jamie’s house without performing [16:56]
What makes Jamie’s studio magical [19:34]
How a young Jamie learned the nuances of performing to different audiences [23:59]
How he dealt with racially insensitive grown-ups at a Christmas party [28:31]
What convinced Jamie to leave Texas for California [30:42]
Life lessons from his grandma [33:38]
Why Jamie is always willing to help his family, but he’s no sucker [39:45]
Jamie’s parenting style [41:27]
The role of a lifetime [42:00]
What Ray Charles told Jamie was possible if he could play the blues [43:15]
Lessons from Ray Charles [47:19]
What’s on the other side of fear? [50:42]
Jamie’s first impression? [54:07]
How music helps Jamie do impressions [57:34]
Raising kids in Hollywood vs. Jamie’s small-town Texas upbringing [59:52]
Jamie Foxx’s real name [01:03:06]
Could Prince or Michael Jackson find a career break in today’s “Age of Memes"? [01:08:11]
When Jamie first bombed on stage [01:09:32]
Why some stand-up comedians lose the ability to make people laugh [01:17:15]
Where Jamie gets his best standup material [01:20:34]
How did the In Living Color team assemble? [01:28:19]
On social media and the power to control our own narratives [01:34:51]
Is Quentin Tarantino a cop hater? [Short answer: No, and don’t believe the media spin] [01:41:32]
Advice to new parents raising a child of color in modern America [01:48:00]
Jamie’s plans for his next comedy tour [01:52:43]
Who Jamie thinks of when he hears the word “successful.” [01:54:34]
What historical figure does Jamie most identify with? [01:57:13]
Jamie’s take on documentaries [02:01:37]
What would Jamie’s billboard say? [02:06:08]
What would Jamie teach a class of 9th graders? [02:07:22]
Jamie’s morning routine (it doesn’t involve coffee) [02:12:07]
Advice Jamie would give to his younger self [02:15:04]
The time Jamie told Mike Tyson jokes and didn’t realize Mike was in the audience. [02:23:55]
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