Oscar-winning actor, singer, comedian and now director, Jamie Foxx is the fearless face of November’s Men’s Fitness magazine. On stands today, Jamie shares his secrets on altering his body for different roles, crediting friends Will Smith, Tom Cruise and Quentin Tarantino for his successful career and discusses his new directorial passion.
On one of the best lessons he learned about directing from Quentin Tarantino –“He’s taught me how to shoot, how to take my time shooting with one camera, how to make it lean. I learned a lot.” “Sometimes you’ve got to let actors go and not try to micromanage every little thing, because you miss stuff.” Foxx tells Men’s Fitness.
For more on Jamie Foxx’s sexy style, fitness tips and career advice, pick up the November issue of Men’s Fitness, on newsstands now!
On his work with younger actors:
“One thing I’ve learnt is you have to rely on someone to tell you what’s hot and what’s not as you get older. That’s what I do: I ask. I’m still learning how to stay current – and at the same time not lose who I am, not be too young.”
On his ways of handling the media:
“Here’s what you’re going to unlearn now. You have to pull yourself away from the media – not be so shiny in the next 10-years, because it hurts the art and that’s the only thing that’s going to survive. That’s the tricky part: how do you navigate through the world and still be an artist?”
On his workouts:
“I’ve been doing bench presses my whole life. The chest, the front – but I haven’t been working my back, so it make me hunch forward.”
On his personality staying the same through fame:
“You just have to live. I did it in the ‘hood for a long time, and then I did it uptown, where the audience is Robert De Niro and Al Pacino and all those guys. You still remain the same person, and you get your stamp.It’s like a passport.”
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