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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.

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
Sam L. Jackson
Sam Leroy Jackson
Movies
Support
Actors
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When I saw the script [of The Man], I saw the character and knew I could do the character. It's a relationship movie, which is also what I love to do. That's what attracts me to projects.
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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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Doing [a relationship comedy] with Sam [L. Jackson] was exciting. I've done a lot of comedies with a lot of comedy people. My peers. I've never worked with anybody of the kind of dramatic caliber of movie actor that Sam is. It was a little bit intimidating for the first day. Or two... Or the first week. Other than that, it was a joy.
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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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I used to like watching Helen Mirren's early films, because she was always naked. It's titillating.
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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 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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I've never considered myself a comedian. I'm a comedic actor.
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I don't get the great story line, action, mystery scripts I get comedies. And relationship comedies are what I do. It's what attracted me to American Pie.
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You ain't got but one life. You ought to live it the way you want.
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Everybody has to learn that the world works in very specific ways, and you're not in charge of it.
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I never thought I'd be working with Sam [L.Jackson] .That's about as good as it gets.
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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 actually think I have an audience member's sensibility about going to the movies.
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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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There are tons of stories out there. I read a lot of scripts on a weekly basis. I'm looking for stories to tell and stories that I hope will be interesting to an audience.
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When you start to talk about comic books, a lot of the time, people forget about the comic part of it. They need to be funny.
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I trust most people. Not producers.
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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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