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"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.'"

Samuel L. Jackson on Movies

More quotes about Movies

  • "Film spectators are quiet vampires."

    Jim Morrison on Movies

  • "Am I a romantic? I've seen 'Wuthering Heights' ten times. I'm a romantic."

    Johnny Depp on Movies

  • "You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies."

    Steve Martin on Movies

  • "This film cost $31 million. With that kind of money I could have invaded some country."

    Clint Eastwood on Movies

  • "Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood."

    Walt Disney on Movies

More quotes by Samuel L. Jackson

  • "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."

  • "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."

  • "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 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 tend to play characters that I can infuse with certain kinds of humour. Even the baddest guy can be funny in his own particular way. I want the audience to engage with the character on some deeper level so that they leave the cinema still thinking about him."

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