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Article: Who's the best movie star?
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- Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA)
- Article date:
- November 14, 2005
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Byline: Barry Koltnow
I hate pop quizzes.
So, when Jamie Foxx suddenly turned the tables on me during a recent interview and asked me a question, I reverted back to my school days. Unfortunately, there was no smart kid sitting next to me whose paper I could copy.
I was going to have to answer the question all by myself. And Foxx was cutting me no slack. He gave me an Oscar-winning stare and said nothing. I had hoped it was a rhetorical question, but he would have none of that. He wanted an answer. Not just an answer, but the right answer. My reputation was on the line.
"Who's the best movie star?" he asked.
I understood the ...