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In Black Comedic Culture, There's Always Been A Thing About "man, I Ain't Gotta Wear A Dress To Be Funny!" But I've Done It.

Having A Stage Name Is Like Having A Superman Complex. I Go Into The Telephone Booth As Eric Bishop And Come Out As Jamie Foxx.

You Are What You Repeatedly Do When Things Get Hard.

When You Sing R&b Songs In Front Of An Audience, You Look Out And There's 85% Women. I Think R&b Music Is Sort Of Designed For A Man Singing To A Woman. I Don't Sing It Like The Sexy Thing, But Sort Of Pseudo-sexy. We Rally The Women Together Because It's About Being Independent And Things Like That.

I Didn't Have A Knee-jerk Reaction Like Some People Did To The Language And The Violence. My Stepfather Was A History Teacher At Lincoln High School In Dallas. So, I Was Already Familiar With The N-word And The Brutality Of Slavery. What I Was Drawn To Was The Love Story Between Django And Broomhilda And How He Defends And Gets The Girl In The End. I Thought It Was Just An Amazing And Courageous Project.