If you do not have courage, you may not have the opportunity to use any of your other virtues. Samuel L. Jackson More Quotes by Samuel L. Jackson More Quotes From Samuel L. Jackson I run into a lot of kids who are either on R&R, or on their way to Iraq. They all know who I am and are fans, but they're kids! I am yet to meet one that's over 23. Yet they're full-time warriors. Samuel L. Jackson warrior running kids You just let people do what they do and look at them and give them enough rope until they do what you thought they were going to do... which is screw you over. Samuel L. Jackson rope giving people Any changes that I made to my line, I asked if I could make them, which I do in every movie. So far everybody's been gracious enough to say yes. The only improvising I do is in the movies I do with Chris Guest, which is what we do. Samuel L. Jackson lines guests enough 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. Samuel L. Jackson lynching racism race Lifelong readers continue to read, finding in books the means to enjoy life or endure it Samuel L. Jackson enjoy-life mean book Die Hard With A Vengeance shooting was a great time, because we had an interesting script. The first script was called Simon Says, and something was going on, because some days we'd get to work, but we wouldn't actually have dialogue. We would go to Bruce's Willis trailer, and they'd say, "Okay, you have to go from 168th Street to 97th Street today. We're going to do it in the cab, and Sam, you say this. Bruce, what do you want to say?" And that's how Bruce's "hey, Zeus!" thing came up. Samuel L. Jackson vengeance today interesting I think I've had my taste.I got to work with Sam [L.Jackson]. I can say I did it. I had my shot. I'd love to do something with [Robert] De Niro or Dustin Hoffman or Al Pacino. Those are guys I grew up watching. That would be wonderful. Now that I've gotten a taste working with a bona fide movie star, I think I'd be more prepared to go head to head with some of the big boys. Samuel L. Jackson stars boys thinking 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.' Samuel L. Jackson real kings thinking 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. Samuel L. Jackson drinking beer years Doing [a relationship comedy] with Sam [L. Jackson] was exciting. I've done a lot of comedies with a lot of comedy people. My peers. I've never worked with anybody of the kind of dramatic caliber of movie actor that Sam is. It was a little bit intimidating for the first day. Or two... Or the first week. Other than that, it was a joy. Samuel L. Jackson joy two people I trust most people. Not producers. Samuel L. Jackson producers people I actually think it's going to be the intriguing plot [ in Black Snake Moan] point that brings people into the film. Samuel L. Jackson snakes people thinking The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken every man to the active prosecution of whatever he is desirous to perform. Samuel L. Jackson certainty men long Everything that I've gone through informs me and my opinions in a way, I guess because I am a child of segregation. I lived through it. I lived in it. I was of it. Samuel L. Jackson gone children way I love comic books and I love anime. Samuel L. Jackson comic-book anime book 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.' Samuel L. Jackson recovery daughter names 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 anger space thinking I don't understand how people live without creating. Samuel L. Jackson creating people 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. Samuel L. Jackson eye white two I've never been to jail. I've never been arrested. I've never been locked up. Samuel L. Jackson arrested locked-up jail
