“I never planned to win an Oscar. When I auditioned for 'Ray,' I was ju...” — Jamie Foxx Quote

“I never planned to win an Oscar. When I auditioned for 'Ray,' I was just thinking about what a great project it would be.”

“Now ballads, I can mess around and get up on somebody on a ballad. People ain't seen it yet, but I can mess around and get up in there. I've had Ruben Studdard up in my house, Brian McKnight, Tank. Every once in a while I throw down with them.”

“We cannot turn our back and say that violence in films or anything that we do doesn't have a sort of influence. It does.”

“I'm not going to turn down an Oscar, but I'm not strategizing for one.”

“Most Oscar parties are pretty silly. They're really for people who like to schmooze.”

“Every actor wants to win an Oscar, full stop. It doesn't mean you try to design things around how to accomplish that because that's impossible.”