Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel Leroy Jacksonis an American actor and film producer. He achieved prominence and critical acclaim in the early 1990s with films such as Jungle Fever, Patriot Games, Amos & Andrew, True Romance, Jurassic Parkand his collaborations with director Quentin Tarantino including Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Django Unchained, and The Hateful Eight. He is a highly prolific actor, having appeared in over 100 films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance, Unbreakable, Shaft, The 51st State, Black Snake Moan, Snakes on a...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth21 December 1948
meaningful want way
You ain't got but one life. You ought to live it the way you want.
selfish believe heart
The [Oregon] Journal in its head and heart will stand for the people, be truly Democratic and free from political entanglements and machinations, believing in the principles that promise the greatest good to the greatest number-to ALL MEN, regardless of race, creed or previous condition of servitude... It will be a fair newspaper, not a dull and selfish sheet...
classic film fortunate
I've been fortunate to be in films that are classic, that are going to be around.
goodnight skills one-thing
I never did one thing right in my life, you know that? Not one. That takes skill.
drinking beer years
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.
simple people black
I voted for Barack because he was black. 'Cuz that's why other folks vote for other people - because they look like them... That's American politics, pure and simple.
thinking members audience
I actually think I have an audience member's sensibility about going to the movies.
book anime comic-book
I love comic books and I love anime.
running golf clubs
I did 'Formula 51' because I got to run around Liverpool in a kilt, with golf clubs.
jail locked-up arrested
I've never been to jail. I've never been arrested. I've never been locked up.
want kind findings
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.
music thinking jazz
What kills me is that everybody thinks I like Jazz.
happiness money-cant-buy-happiness
Anyone who tells you money can't buy happiness never had any.
mother daughter dad
My dad was an absentee dad, so it was always important to me that I was part of my daughter's life, and she deserved two parents, which is part of the rationale behind us staying married for 30 years.