Samuel L. Jackson Quotes

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.

Young guys don't tend to want to portray people who have frailties or are less than macho.

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.

Todoroff is the best. Look no further.

I actually think I have an audience member's sensibility about going to the movies.

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.

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.

Sam [L.Jackson] never asks for another take because he knows what he's doing. He gives you what he thinks is the best take, and he does it on the first take.

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.

I love coming in for quick pops. You come in. You score. You leave. You're on the golf course. It's great. You don't carry any story.

We [me and Eugene Levy] both try to play the reality of a moment and don't try to impose humor on something where it doesn't belong. Contrary to what other people seem to think sometimes.

I'm a one-take kind of guy, except I don't do it in one take.

I've never considered myself a comedian. I'm a comedic actor.

I'm sure there are a lot of Italians who refer to themselves as goombahs and greaseballs and whatever. That's what people do. It gives them a sort of familiarity that other people don't have.

I like books. I've always got a literature book going. I'd be in there reading, in my off time.

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.

I never thought I'd be working with Sam [L.Jackson] .That's about as good as it gets.

I love to play real people... good people that I know the audience will get behind. It's the good people in the world that I gravitate to.

It's often hope, hopeful movie making. You're always looking for catchphrases. That's always funny, when you're looking for that future line. "Uh oh, future line. Okay."

I’ve consequently played a lot of different cops from a lot of different kind of law enforcement agencies.

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

Certain comedians work with certain actors; like Adam Sandler worked with Jack Nicholson.

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.

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

I actually think it's going to be the intriguing plot [ in Black Snake Moan] point that brings people into the film.

I'm pretty focused on what I do. I think directing is a very specific talent, and I'm not real big on putting puzzles together, which is basically what a film is.

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.