Samuel L. Jackson: The Man of Many Roles

Samuel L. Jackson is Shaft of the new millenium. From drug-dealing dad to big-city cop, Jackson has played a variety of roles in more than seventy films. His big break came in 1994 as Jules in Pulp Fiction. He also drew attention and acclaim more recently for his roles in A Time to Kill, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Jackie Brown, and The Negotiator. And of course, he obtained a coveted role as Mace Windu in Star Wars: Episode I. His upcoming films include Unbreakable later this year and the much anticipated Star Wars: Episode II.

Jackson was raise in Chattanooga, Tennessee where he took school seriously and then went to college in Atlanta. His major was originally architecture, but after acting in a college musical he changed it to drama. After graduating, Jackson moved to New York and applied himself as an actor in the Negro Ensemble Company and the New York Shakespeare film festival. After more than a decade, he decided to break his addictions to drugs and alcohol and began a more serious and successful career as an actor. He lives in Encino, California with his wife of twenty years and his eighteen-year old daughter.

Memorable Movie Quotes spoken by Samuel L. Jackson

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Mace Windu: You refer to the prophecy of The One who will bring balance to the force. You believe it is this boy?

The Negotiator

Danny: You want my blood? Come take it!

Danny: Crazy is on the bus.

Jackie Brown

Ordell Robbie: I'm as serious as a heart attack.

Ordell: I need a favor.

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Mitch: When I first met you, you were all like, "Oh phooey. I burned the darn muffins." Now you go into a bar and ten minutes later sailors come running out screaming.

Mitch: I never did one thing right in my life, not one. That takes skill.

A Time to Kill

Carl Lee Hailey: Yes, they deserved to die!

Carl Lee Hailey: America is a wall and you are on the other side. How's a black man ever going to get a fair trial with the enemy on the bench and in the jury box? My life in white hands; you Jake, that's how. You are my secret weapon because you are one of the bad guys. You don't mean to be but you are; it's how you was raised. Nigger, negro, black, African-american, no matter how you see me, you see me different. You see me like that jury sees me; you are them. Now throw out your points of law, Jake. If you was on that jury, what would it take to convince you to set me free? That's how you save [me]. That's how you save us both.

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