Jamie Foxx Interview about “The Soloist”

A schizophrenic, Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), is a homeless musician from Skid Row, Los Angeles who dreams of playing at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Through “chance,” he meets a journalist, Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.), who tries to help this mentally disturbed man get “back on his feet” and make his dreams come true. Based on a book by Lopez, an account of his relationship with Ayers. Dr. Oliver Sacks, a famed neurologist, authenticates the Lopez account in his most recent book, “Musicophilia.”