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I've never been to jail. I've never been arrested. I've never been locked up.
Samuel L. Jackson
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Samuel L. Jackson
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: December 21
Actor
Character Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
Television Actor
Television Producer
Voice Actor
Washington
District of Columbia
Samuel Leroy Jackson
Sam Jackson
Sam L Jackson
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Sam Leroy Jackson
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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 of life.
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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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I have a lot more energy than I used to have. I sleep better. I like the way I look in my clothes better. I don’t cramp as much. I exercise better. I think my circulation has gotten better.
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It was fun to be in a scene again with [my wife LaTanya Richardson]. We used to do plays together all the time. We hadn't really worked together since Losing Isaiah [1995]. That was kind of early on in both of our cinematic careers. Things have changed a little bit since then.
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I get paid all day, every day, which is almost too much for a sensitive artist.
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I understand the rural south because I spent a lot of time in it when I was a kid and my grandfather’s brothers were farmers and I spent time on the farm when I was a kid with them walking through the fields and working and hanging out.
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I’ve consequently played a lot of different cops from a lot of different kind of law enforcement agencies.
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If there's an interesting role that comes up as a great support role in a decent picture, then I'll do that.
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I kind of realize that I have a tendency to choose the kind of films I watched when I was a kid and would go home and pretend with my friends that we were in those movies after we saw them.
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Young guys don't tend to want to portray people who have frailties or are less than macho.
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You ain't got but one life. You ought to live it the way you want.
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I don't understand how people live without creating.
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I used to like watching Helen Mirren's early films, because she was always naked. It's titillating.
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I read, watch television, watch movies, hang out with family. I like my clothes and I have great cars, and I drive those. But for most people, it's like, That's boring. You don't club? You don't party?
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When I'm not working, I like to play golf.
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But Medicine is a demonstrative Science, and all its processes should be proved by established principles, and be based on positive inductions. That the proceedings of Medicine are not of this character, in to be attributed to the manner of its cultivation, and not to the nature of the Science itself.
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I'm a character actor and that's what I do. All the roles that I've had have been mainly support roles, because character actors don't usually get the lead in movies. It rarely happens.
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I don't run around shooting people. Much. I only shoot two people a year. Maybe.
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If you are a Jedi, just understand something: people are going to be chasing you. The Jedi Council of every city you enter is going to be chasing you. I've been accosted by the Jedi Council in Rio and everywhere else.
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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, then cashes the paycheck.
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