I was not good in school. I could never read very fast or very well. I got tested for learning disabilities, for dyslexia. Then I got put on Ritalin and Dexedrine. I took those starting in the eighth grade. As soon as they pumped that drug into me, it would focus me right in.

Personal life
In 2006 Tatum met actress Jenna Dewan on the set of their movie Step Up. The same year Tatum starred as Duke in G. 2008–present

In 2008 Tatum co-starred in director Kimberly Peirce's film Stop-Loss about soldiers returning home from the Iraq War and in director Stuart Townsend's film Battle in Seattle about the 1999 protest of the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle.

Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) Dear John (2010) The Vow (2012) 21 Jump Street (2012) Magic Mike (2012) and G. I.