Superstar actor, comedian and singer Jamie Foxx has credited his Oscar win to Oprah Winfrey after she encouraged him to “carry yourself” better.

Foxx whose eitquette reality TV show From G’s Tp Gents premiered in the US this week said the chat show queen whipped him into shape after he was nominated for his Oscar.

He said, “Oprah Winfrey said, `Before they give the Oscar out, there's a certain way you have to campaign and carry yourself.' Being a comedian, (I was) sort of looking at everything as like, 'Oh, it's a joke,' and she said, 'No, you really need to take it seriously,' and she took me and introduced me to Sidney Poitier and all these other different actors. I had to change.”