Young guys don't tend to want to portray people who have frailties or are less than macho. — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
I don't run around shooting people. Much. I only shoot two people a year. Maybe. — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
I read, watch television, watch movies, hang out with family. I like my clothes and I have great cars, and I drive… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
People know about the Klan and the overt racism, but the killing of one's soul little by little, day after day, is… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
I love to play real people... good people that I know the audience will get behind. It's the good people in the… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
I voted for Barack because he was black. 'Cuz that's why other folks vote for other people - because they look like… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
I actually think it's going to be the intriguing plot [ in Black Snake Moan] point that brings people into the film. — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
It's always interesting to play characters who are vulnerable and how you display that vulnerability and what it's going to mean to… — 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… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
You just let people do what they do and look at them and give them enough rope until they do what you… — 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… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
It was actually a lot more helpful to have Calvin Hart, a cop, as my template. He was also my technical advisor… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
Those are the rules. To improvise in a movie with other people, when they're following a script, everybody has to know what's… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
We both [me and Eugene Levy] come from the same place. Eugene did most of his work in SCTV and ensemble situations.… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
If you are a Jedi, just understand something: people are going to be chasing you. The Jedi Council of every city you… — 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… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
We [me and Eugene Levy] both try to play the reality of a moment and don't try to impose humor on something… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
Just because people don't trust people doesn't mean [they] don't like them. There are lots of paranoid people in the world. You… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
I grew up in the South with guns everywhere and we never shot anyone. This [shooting] is about people who aren't taught… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm sure there are a lot of Italians who refer to themselves as goombahs and greaseballs and whatever. That's what people do.… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
People go to movies on Saturday to get away from the war in Iraq and taxes and election news and pedophiles online… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm actually very ordinary, except people get to pay their money to come watch me work. The same way that we go… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
Michelle Obama is Superwoman. What can't she do? That's why people love her. She can be on the Supreme Court and anywhere… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
When people want me to sign an autograph in a restaurant, and I'm eating. I don't even have to say no, I… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
The thing I get the most [in public] is, 'Hey, Eugene.' You know what I mean? There's no catch phrase like: 'What… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm a good son, a good father, a good husband - I've been married to the same woman for 30 years. I'm… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
I was Gator in Jungle Fever, and Chris Rock played Pookie, and those showed two very different dynamics of what crackheads were.… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
Doing [a relationship comedy] with Sam [L. Jackson] was exciting. I've done a lot of comedies with a lot of comedy people.… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
The [Oregon] Journal in its head and heart will stand for the people, be truly Democratic and free from political entanglements and… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
There are some movies that deserve criticism. They want people to know that it's a great dramatic accomplishment and has some great… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
The Romans had, like other Pagan nations, a nature festival, called by them Saturnalia, and the Northern peoples had Yule; both celebrated… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
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… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
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… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
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