Samuel L. Jackson Quotes
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All movies aren't fun; some are hard work. You try to do something and convey a set of emotions that have to do with some real life kind of stuff.
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I tend to play characters that I can infuse with certain kinds of humour. Even the baddest guy can be funny in his own particular way. I want the audience to engage with the character on some deeper level so that they leave the cinema still thinking about him.
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We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us.
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Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.
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I never had one beer. If I bought a six-pack of beer, I kept drinking till all six beers were gone. You have to have that kind of understanding about yourself. I haven't had a drink now in 12 years.
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Not everybody goes to movies to get their life changed.
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People go to movies on Saturday to get away from the war in Iraq and taxes and election news and pedophiles online and just go and have some fun. I like doing movies that are fun.
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If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it.
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I've never been to jail. I've never been arrested. I've never been locked up.
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We've come a long way in our thinking, but also in our moral decay. I can't imagine Dr. King watching the 'Real Housewives' or 'Jersey Shore.'
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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I understood, through rehab, things about creating characters. I understood that creating whole people means knowing where we come from, how we can make a mistake and how we overcome things to make ourselves stronger.
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The only thing I've kind of missed is finding a really good western that I want to do, because I watched westerns a lot.
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Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
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It wasn't until I let go of the idea of the brass ring that it showed up, and fortunately for me, it coincided with getting clean.
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People know about the Klan and the overt racism, but the killing of one's soul little by little, day after day, is a lot worse than someone coming in your house and lynching you.
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I look at myself as an audience member. I still love movies, and I still go and sit in the back of the big dark room with everybody else, and I want the same thrill.
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I actually think I have an audience member's sensibility about going to the movies.
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I've been fortunate to be in films that are classic, that are going to be around.
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I guess the worst day I have had was when I had to stand up in rehab in front of my wife and daughter and say 'Hi, my name is Sam and I am an addict.'
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I love comic books and I love anime.
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I did 'Formula 51' because I got to run around Liverpool in a kilt, with golf clubs.
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I'm a good son, a good father, a good husband - I've been married to the same woman for 30 years. I'm a good friend. I finished college, I have my education, I donate money anonymously. So when people criticize the kind of characters that I play on screen, I go, 'You know, that's part of history.'
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The best advice that was given to me was that I had to be 10 times smarter, braver and more polite to be equal. So I did.