Samuel L. Jackson

“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.'”

“I love comic books and I love anime.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“It wasn't until I let go of the idea of the brass ring that it showed up, and fortunately for me, it coincided with getting clean.”

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

“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 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.'”

“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.”

“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.”

“When I'm not working, I like to play golf.”

“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 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.'”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”