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. Samuel L. Jackson Read Quote
I’ve been fortunate to be in films that are classic, that are going to be around. Samuel L. Jackson Read Quote
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. Samuel L. Jackson Read Quote
I get paid all day, every day, which is almost too much for a sensitive artist. Samuel L. Jackson Read Quote
I walk the streets, take the train, it’s real simple. Some actors create their own mythology: ‘Oh, I’m so famous I can’t go places, because I created this mythology that I’m so famous I can’t go places.’ Samuel L. Jackson Read Quote
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.’ Samuel L. Jackson Read Quote
I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, ‘cuz he ain’t gotta worry about getting re-elected. Samuel L. Jackson Read Quote
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. Samuel L. Jackson Read Quote
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. Samuel L. Jackson Read Quote
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. Samuel L. Jackson Read Quote
