--- title: "1 Top Gun Quotes By Jamie Foxx" description: "1 Top Gun quotes by Jamie Foxx. Plus more from Jamie Foxx and more Top Gun sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3e/jamie-foxx-3100_war_as-a-kid-the-first-thing-you-got-was-you_57238.jpg" --- > [As a kid, the first thing you got was your military men. You set yourself up in the sandbox and go to war. Then you grow up watching John Wayne movies and then 'Top Gun' and 'A Soldier's Story.' You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-foxx/as-a-kid-the-first-thing-you-got-was-your-military-men-you-set/) [Jamie Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-foxx/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3e/jamie-foxx-3100_war_as-a-kid-the-first-thing-you-got-was-you_57238.jpg) ## More by Jamie Foxx > [What we do in New Orleans, man - we party!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-foxx/what-we-do-in-new-orleans-man-we-party/) [Jamie Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-foxx/) > [Doc Rivers been hoarse since birth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-foxx/doc-rivers-been-hoarse-since-birth/) [Jamie Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-foxx/) > [Every two, three years there is a movie about the Holocaust because they want you to remember and they want you to be reminded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-foxx/every-two-three-years-there-is-a-movie-about-the-holocaust-because/) [Jamie Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-foxx/) > [As a kid, the first thing you got was your military men. You set yourself up in the sandbox and go to war. Then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-foxx/as-a-kid-the-first-thing-you-got-was-your-military-men-you-set/) [Jamie Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-foxx/) > [ In L.A. you can hide. I can hide at the beach, hide up in the hills. \[In Miami\] everybody is looking at you. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-foxx/in-l-a-you-can-hide-i-can-hide-at-the-beach-hide-up-in-the-hills-in/) [Jamie Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-foxx/) > [My homies that are around me never give me that 'star pass.' I've hung out with some stars who are playing basketball and everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-foxx/my-homies-that-are-around-me-never-give-me-that-star-pass-i-ve-hung/) [Jamie Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-foxx/) > [You know what? I never really factor Hollywood into anything. I'm a black actor, so I can't really control what Hollywood thinks. I gotta…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-foxx/you-know-what-i-never-really-factor-hollywood-into-anything-i-m-a/) [Jamie Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-foxx/) > [After six hours of being blind, you lose the sense of how a person is physically. It was amazing to hear the little buzzing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-foxx/after-six-hours-of-being-blind-you-lose-the-sense-of-how-a-person-is/) [Jamie Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-foxx/) > [It's good to be surrounded by black folks. Black folks are music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-foxx/it-s-good-to-be-surrounded-by-black-folks-black-folks-are-music/) [Jamie Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-foxx/) > [But don't get caught out there looking goofy. It's weird. When you do something that stinks, it's going to last forever on the Internet.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-foxx/but-don-t-get-caught-out-there-looking-goofy-it-s-weird-when-you-do/) [Jamie Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-foxx/) > [I don't know if I'm built for marriage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-foxx/i-don-t-know-if-i-m-built-for-marriage/) [Jamie Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-foxx/) > [I look forward to working with the NAACP in bringing immediate and ongoing aid to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-foxx/i-look-forward-to-working-with-the-naacp-in-bringing-immediate-and/) [Jamie Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-foxx/) > [You gotta have the balls to go out there and be funny, man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-foxx/you-gotta-have-the-balls-to-go-out-there-and-be-funny-man/) [Jamie Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-foxx/) > [I hit one wrong note and he stopped, ... He said, 'Why'd you do that? Don't do that. Don't hit wrong notes.' And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-foxx/i-hit-one-wrong-note-and-he-stopped-he-said-why-d-you-do-that-don-t/) [Jamie Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-foxx/) > [It's hard to be a celebrity nowadays. It's not about your track record anymore. If you have a great movie, you're good. If not,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-foxx/it-s-hard-to-be-a-celebrity-nowadays-it-s-not-about-your-track-record/) [Jamie Foxx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-foxx/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/top-gun/jamie-foxx/#itemlist", "name": "1 Top Gun Quotes By Jamie Foxx", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As a kid, the first thing you got was your military men. You set yourself up in the sandbox and go to war. Then you grow up watching John Wayne movies and then 'Top Gun' and 'A Soldier's Story.' You get into them because they [star] your favorite actors. It's the absolute thrill of how war's depicted. The thought of violence is intriguing to kids. 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