While performing as a stand-up comedian, changed his last name to Foxx
after one of his favorite comics Redd Foxx and changed his first name to
Jamie because it could be a girls name as well. In comedy clubs, female
comics often perform before the male comics so when a club manager read
his name on the list, he would often be moved up on the list of
performers.
[on wearing prosthetic eyelids which made him blind in Ray (2004)] After six hours of being blind, you lose the sense of how a person is physically. It was amazing to hear the little buzzing voices all around you.
