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 | | But Foxx, 36, doesn’t think his transition is all that surprising—especially because he wasn’t really a comedian anyway before he hurled himself onto the Los Angeles comedy scene in 1989. |
 | | With only a gospel and classical-music background as a springboard, Foxx decided to act “as if.” “I actually started acting like I was a comedian,” he explains, seated in the grass courtyard of the house, a grove of green 40-foot bamboo at his back. |
 | | Jamie Foxx is a great actor, whether he be doing comedy or tackling more serious roles. |
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