1. “If you do not have courage, you may not have the opportunity to use any of your other virtues.” – Samuel L. Jackson
2. “Not everything’s made to win an Academy Award.” – Samuel L. Jackson
3. “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.’” – Samuel L. Jackson
4. “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
5. “Take a stand for what’s right. Raise a ruckus and make a change. You may not always be popular, but you’ll be part of something larger and bigger and greater than yourself. Besides, making history is extremely cool.” – Samuel L. Jackson
6. “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
7. “Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.” – Samuel L. Jackson
8. “I see myself as a storyteller. So, when I read something, I see the story, and I see it on screen, in my head, in a certain way. I always want to see it and see me in it.” – Samuel L. Jackson
9. “I’m as serious as a heart attack.” – Samuel L. Jackson
10. “Those who say that money can’t buy happiness, never had any.” – Samuel L. Jackson
11. “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
12. “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
13. “I’m actually very ordinary, except people get to pay their money to come watch me work. The same way that we go to McDonald’s.. we don’t care about the guy behind the counter, but if he was doing something special, we’d pay our money to go watch him cook that hamburger.” – Samuel L. Jackson
14. “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.” – Samuel L. Jackson
15. “I sit at home and read books. I watch movies. I watch television. I go and play golf. I don’t go to nightclubs. I don’t go out to dinner that often. I’m not a big party guy.” – Samuel L. Jackson
16. “I read, watch television, watch movies, hang out with family. I like my clothes and I have great cars, and I drive those. But for most people, it’s like, “That’s boring. You don’t club? You don’t party?”” – Samuel L. Jackson
17. “When I’m not working, I like to play golf.” – Samuel L. Jackson
18. “I’ve made a way to allow myself to do big films, small films, dramas, comedies, action films, horror films, or whatever interests me, as a movie-goer. I like watching myself in movies. I want to choose movies that allow me to enjoy myself, the way that I want to entertain myself.” – Samuel L. Jackson
19. “Not everybody goes to movies to get their life changed.” – Samuel L. Jackson
20. “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
21. “Just ’cause you pour syrup on something doesnt make it pancakes.” – Samuel L. Jackson
22. “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.” – Samuel L. Jackson
23. “Anyone who tells you money can’t buy happiness never had any.” – Samuel L. Jackson
24. “I never did one thing right in my life, you know that? Not one. That takes skill.” – Samuel L. Jackson
25. “I trust most people. Not producers.” – Samuel L. Jackson
26. “I understood, through rehab, things about creating characters. I understood that creating whole people means knowing where we come from, how we can make a mistake and how we overcome things to make ourselves stronger.” – Samuel L. Jackson
27. “You ain’t got but one life. You ought to live it the way you want.” – Samuel L. Jackson
28. “I’ve been fortunate to be in films that are classic, that are going to be around.” – Samuel L. Jackson
29. “I don’t understand how people live without creating.” – Samuel L. Jackson
30. “What kills me is that everybody thinks I like jazz.” – Samuel L. Jackson
31. “I get paid all day, every day, which is almost too much for a sensitive artist.” – Samuel L. Jackson
32. “If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions.” – Samuel L. Jackson
33. “Painters get up and paint. Writers get up and write. I like to get up and act. It’s not a big deal. It makes me happy.” – Samuel L. Jackson
34. “Sometimes one of my ways of choosing movies that I want to do is if it’s the kind of movie I would have gone to see when I was a kid, and this is a movie I actually did go see, as a kid. And I think it will be exciting for audiences to see now.” – Samuel L. Jackson
35. “I don’t mind dying, I just don’t wanna go out like some punk.” – Samuel L. Jackson
36. “I’ve never considered myself a comedian. I’m a comedic actor.” – Samuel L. Jackson
37. “Those that have loved longest love best.” – Samuel L. Jackson
38. “I have a lot more energy than I used to have.” – Samuel L. Jackson
39. “Everybody has to learn that the world works in very specific ways, and you’re not in charge of it.” – Samuel L. Jackson
40. “I’ve played a lot of different cops in a lot of different law enforcement agencies.” – Samuel L. Jackson
41. “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
42. “Lifelong readers continue to read, finding in books the means to enjoy life or endure it” – Samuel L. Jackson
43. “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.” – Samuel L. Jackson
44. “I’m as serious as a heart attack.” – Samuel L. Jackson
45. “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.” – Samuel L. Jackson