In The Soloist, Jamie Foxx plays Nathaniel Ayers, a real-life brilliant musician living on the streets of Los Angeles and suffering from schizophrenia. Foxx says filming was therapeutic for him because of an incident in his life when he was younger. “I had a childhood fear of losing my mind,” he says. “When I was 18 years old something bad happened to me in college. Someone slipped something to me (a drug). I flipped out. For 11 months I wondered if I’d come out of it. I thought I was going to be crazy. So going into this character years later, I’m asking my psychiatrist, ‘Can I catch schizophrenia?’”

To prepare for his role, Foxx says, “I snuck downtown with my security guys and I watched Nathaniel do his thing for a couple of hours. I watched him playing and when he played he was somewhere else. I wanted to meet him first before ‘meeting’ him. I recorded everything he did. When he plays music, it calms his soul. When I was 18, I played my music on the piano and it kept me who I am. So I really am him in a sense.”

Foxx also responds to an incident that happened less than two weeks ago at his Philadelphia hotel where he is currently filming Law Abiding Citizen. Reports say 49 year old Steven Taliver tried to force his way into Foxx’s room, but Foxx was able to shove him out and call security.

On how he is doing today, Foxx says, “Good. Everything’s good. I can’t talk about it now because of the legal thing.”

The Philadelphia Police confirmed to ET today that Steven Taliver was arrested by the Philadelphia Police on March 31st for burglary, criminal trespassing, stalking, harassment, and false impersonating.

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