Article: Jamie Foxx learned his lessons well

SANDY COHEN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
09-28-2007

Jamie Foxx learned his lessons well
By SANDY COHEN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 09-28-2007, Friday
Section: BETTER LIVING
Edtion: All Editions

All Jamie Foxx really needed to know about show business he learned as a child.

He developed his most marketable skill, comedy, as a youngster in church. ("Comedy is preaching," Foxx says.) That's also when he discovered music, learning dedication through piano lessons. Later, as the star quarterback at Terrell High School in Texas, Foxx learned the value of humility ("Learning not to be pompous, that was my whole thing," he says).

Now an Academy Award-winning actor, ...

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