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Fresh off of his stint as a Professional Miley Cyrus Critic, Jamie Foxx is hitting the publicity circuit for his upcoming movie, I Am Sam, And I Play Violin The Soloist in which he, yes, “goes full retard” in portraying the real life mentally ill Nathaniel Ayers, Los Angeles street busker. Fair enough. We all have to put food on our families. But this quote (via CNN, thanks for the tip, Jon), even for a bullying, self-important Make Believe Artist (acting!) like Jamie Foxx is pretty fucking incredible:
Foxx, who won an Oscar in 2005 for his portrayal of music legend Ray Charles, said he consulted a psychiatrist because he feared what would happen as he took on Ayers’ personality.
“I asked very foolishly, ‘Can I catch schizophrenia?’ and he says, ‘No, you can’t catch schizophrenia.’ “
I’m not saying that we all have to own a copy of the DSM IV and be licensed psychiatrists, and I’m sure that Jamie Foxx represents millions of Americans who do not know the difference between serious mental illness and toilet seat bacterium, but also shut up, Jamie Foxx.
Foxx told of one early morning incident when he got so far into Ayers’ character that he called his manager and said, “I know why Nathaniel does this and I’m him!”
“I explained what I was feeling to him and he said ‘Foxx, you’re not Nathaniel,’ ” he said.
American hero.
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He does not “go full retard” for the I Am Sam, And I Play Violin because of the violin thing, he plays it with a high level of proficiency. So he doesn’t go full retard, except in real life. And that’s what counts.
Ah, method acting!
When I read his quotes, I hear them in Tracy Jordan’s voice
“We all have to put food on our families” made me L out L
He admitted it was a very foolish question. I know why Jamie Foxx asked that, and I am him.
Okay I get that acting can be somewhat intense at times because THE METHOD, but seriously, fucking shut up, actors. I refuse to believe that you get so into your part that you forget who you are because acting in a movie is not like living the life of that person, it is exactly the opposite of living the life of that person, because you are like them for maybe 30 minutes at a time, and then you have to do the scene over again, and you’re surrounded my boom mics and cameras and a director shouting stuff at you and then you go back to your luxury trailer and eat cave-aged gruyere on sea salt crackers and play Wii bowling until they call you back out for hair and makeup so you can do the next scene.
catch schizophrenia. LOLZ.
blame it on the a-a-a-a-a-alcohol
I think when he made Stealth, he took a roofie and gave himself a “stranger” in the cockpit in order to feel that bomber did in fact betray his trust and therefore causing the tension which leads to his demise.
“Acting!” – Jon Lovitz
Related question: Is stupidity contagious?
haha, i was thinking the same thing.
I wonder if he had the same problem of getting trapped in the role in his classic role in the ground breaking film “bootycall”
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Good comment. Very critical.
First of all, that was rude.
Secondly, why are you here if you don’t like the stuff Gabe and Lindsey blog about? There are a million “bizarre and funny videos” on youtube that aren’t MARRED by Gabe and Lindsey’s “bitter, jaded and cruel” commentary. So go there and stop being here.
Robin, loves you. Would you just get a profile pic so i know it’s you before I read the comment? All the cool kids are doing it. Thanks! Signed, Mcluskyist.
I’ll get on it.
Anyone remember the Mr. Show skit where David Cross played a self-important, pretentious actor so committed to a role that he actually got a lobotomy to play a mental patient? Just thinking out loud here.
Riding the Bus with My Sister, the Violinist.
toilet seat assistance indeed.