I did play a dentist in Waiting for Guffman. I wrote the speech at the conference. In the original script, when it got to that scene, it was, 'Thank you very much. Good night.' Literally. I just thought, 'He keeps… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share
I'm sure there are a lot of Italians who refer to themselves as goombahs and greaseballs and whatever. That's what people do. It gives… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
Take a stand for what's right. Raise a ruckus and make a change. You may not always be popular, but you'll be part of… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
Quentin Tarantino was talking about Ordell a little bit, and I was like, "I'm sure Ordell is one of those people who thought Superfly was the greatest movie ever made." So he cuts his hair and straightens it, but he never has enough money to maintain it perfectly. So it's kind of nappy around the edges, straight and kind of… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share
I grew up in the South with guns everywhere and we never shot anyone. This [shooting] is about people who aren't taught the value… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
I was desperate on Coming To America set - not to buy drugs or anything, but I had a person at home, a girlfriend… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
Jackson doesn't bother to read the scripts anymore. He just checks to make sure he has one loud scene where he gets to shout,… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President. — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
When you start to talk about comic books, a lot of the time, people forget about the comic part of it. They need to… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
I guess the worst day I have had was when I had to stand up in rehab in front of my wife and daughter… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
I understood, through rehab, things about creating characters. I understood that creating whole people means knowing where we come from, how we can make… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
When the riots happened in L.A., they didn't go to Beverly Hills to trash Rodeo Drive. They trashed their own neighborhoods. It's one of those tragedies that we always see in riot situations, where the only thing that they can lash out against is the stuff that's right there in their own communities. They destroy the very things that help… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share
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