Jamie Foxx's acting was slated by Oliver Stone

Jamie Foxx has revealed how his acting skills were slated by veteran director Oliver Stone.

Foxx, who had only worked on TV before meeting Stone, was told he'd have to up his game to work in films.

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“I worked with Oliver Stone, who said, ‘you’re just not good at all, are you?',” he said. “I was coming from TV – this was 'Any Given Sunday' – and everything I said was really loud, because TV was loud. ‘SO YOU’RE GOING TO THE STORE? GOOD! I’LL SEE YOU WHEN YOU GET BACK.’

“Movies was much more about [quiet],” he added. “And he was like, ‘you suck when you do that,’ and he literally was like ‘you’ve got to get better before I hire you’.”

It wasn't to be the first time he'd receive a slap down from a top director either. He also admitted that Michael Mann took him to task while filming 'Collateral'.

“I said, ‘you know, Mike, I’m doing my thing – I’m kind of moving on up. How about in the cab I do my thing?’ He says, ‘How about you don’t do your thing?’ I said, what do you mean? He says, ‘When have you ever seen a cab driver doing their thing? Why don’t you just drive the cab?

“The person that’s in the back is not Tom Cruise, he’s just another fare. It’s just another Wednesday. If you do that, then you can be this character. If you do the other thing, now you’re Jamie Foxx’.”