Quotessence
Home / Authors / Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson Quotes

Film actor

Filter quotes by topic

AllPeopleThinkingWayKindCharacterIfsKnowsWantPlayActorsGuyMenScriptsBigsFilmBookI CanKidsMeanWorld

Famous Samuel L. Jackson Quotes

“Hair is very, very distinctive. I started that with that boxing movie I did, The Great White Hype. The director wanted me to look like Don King, and everybody knew who Don King was. But I didn't want to be Don King. I wanted the man to be Rev. Fred Sultan, so I decided to make him look like Julius Caesar. And from that point on, I just decided, I had this great wig-maker, so I just found hairstyles that I felt would be distinctive for every character. Like an adventure.”

MenCharacterHe ManAdventureBoxingHairstylesJulius
Author:Samuel L. Jackson
Create image

“Quentin Tarantino was talking about Ordell a little bit, and I was like, "I'm sure Ordell is one of those people who thought Superfly was the greatest movie ever made." So he cuts his hair and straightens it, but he never has enough money to maintain it perfectly. So it's kind of nappy around the edges, straight and kind of puffed up. That's why he'd always keep it in a ponytail or a braid. We were just having fun and creating a distinctive character.”

PeopleKindEnoughCharacterFunCuttingHaving FunQuentinTarantino
Author:Samuel L. Jackson
Create image

“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.”

PeopleMeanWholeCharacterMistakeKnowingCreatingUnderstoodOvercomingStrongerAddictionAlcoholRecoveryDrug AddictionRehabDrug Addiction RecoveryAddicts In RecoveryWhere We ComeOvercoming AddictionCreating CharactersAlcohol RecoveryDrug Recovery
Author:Samuel L. Jackson
Create image

“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.'”

PeopleKnowsYearsKindPlayCharacterFatherCollegeSonHusbandMarriedFinishedScreensCriticizeGood FriendDonateGood FatherGood HusbandBeing A Good Father
Author:Samuel L. Jackson
Create image