Inspiring quotes from Samuel L. Jackson

• “I was a square for so long and it totally amazes me that people think I am cool.”
• “A movie is just a movie to me. They open, they close.”
• “What kills me is that everybody thinks I like jazz.”
• “I just need to feel that love every once in a while.”
• “I don’t understand how people live without creating. You know? I don’t know how you do one picture a year.”
• “I never asked for anything except a purple light saber. George said, ‘Well, light sabers are either red or green.’ I said, ‘Yeah, but I would like a purple one.’”
• “I’ve never been to jail. I’ve never been arrested. I’ve never been locked up. I’m a good son, a good father, a good husband—I’ve been married to the same woman for thirty years. I’m a good friend. I finished college, I have my education, I believe in education, I donate money anonymously. So when people criticize the kind of characters that I play onscreen, I go, ‘You know, that’s part of a story.’”
• “A few years ago Morgan Freeman’s granddaughter-she’s a friend of my daughter-says, ‘We’re going to England. My grandfather’s doing Robin Hood.’ I got on the phone: ‘How the hell did Morgan get Robin Hood?’ They said the part was written for him. So I said, ‘Are there any more black people in it?’ I want to do a pirate. I want to swing from ship to ship with a knife in my teeth. I want to kick some butt. I would love to do that stuff. I don’t want to ruin my artistic facade or anything, but I love splatter movies. I love stuff like Scanners. I’ve always liked to be freaked-out and I love to freak people out.”
• “I’ve been told I wasn’t African enough.”
• “Want to know what the ‘L.’ in Samuel L. Jackson means? None of your fucking business.”
• “I don’t understand these actors who talk about how difficult it is to act with nothing there. I was an only child so most of the time I was always playing against something that didn’t exist. It’s called using your imagination.”
• “I heard that you can do whatever you want in International Waters, that’s why I filled my jacuzzi with International Water.”