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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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" 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

Son

History

Good

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money. "

" I love comic books and I love anime. "

" I did 'Formula 51' because I got to run around Liverpool in a kilt, with golf clubs. "

" I just always knew that I lived in two worlds. There was the world of my house and community, but to make my way in that white world I had to modify the way I spoke and acted. I had to sometimes not make direct eye contact. "

" I grew up watching those blaxploitation movies. Ron O'Neal, Richard Roundtree, Jim Brown, Pam Grier. For the first time, I saw 'The Negro' get one over on 'The Man.' "

" 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. "

" I'm not as angry as I used to be. But I can get in touch with that anger pretty quickly if I feel my space is being invaded or somebody is not treating me with the respect that I think I want. "

Samuel L. Jackson

Respect

Anger

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I've been fortunate to be in films that are classic, that are going to be around. "

" Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President. "

" 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. "

" 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

Important

Parents

" 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.' "

" 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. "

Samuel L. Jackson

Advice

Best

" I've never been to jail. I've never been arrested. I've never been locked up. "

" 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.' "

" If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it. "

" Not everybody goes to movies to get their life changed. "

" I get paid all day, every day, which is almost too much for a sensitive artist. "

" 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.' "