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I actually think I have an audience member's sensibility about going to the movies.
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.'
I look at myself as an audience member. I still love movies, and I still go and sit in the back of the big dark room with everybody else, and I want the same thrill.
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.
I've been fortunate to be in films that are classic, that are going to be around.
If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it.
Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
Not everybody goes to movies to get their life changed.
Samuel has been in discussion talks with Marvel Comics movie producer, Avi Arad about possibly having a role in one of the upcoming Marvel superhero films. He has hopes to actually star as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Nick Fury, which would be appropriate since the Ultimates version already uses his likeness. Samuel: Nick Fury would be great, I've been reading Nick Fury since when I was a kid. I collect comics... I'm kind of geeky.
When he was still a struggling actor in New York, one of the jobs Samuel had was as a doorman for the popular Manhattan Plaza Apartments, home to hundreds of actors and artists, including Giancarlo Esposito, who co-starred with Jackson in the 1993 film, Amos & Andrew.
Samuel is 6' 3" in height.
As a child, Samuel paid careful attention to the films he watched, often noting the absence of black actors in scenes.
Samuel became an international star for his portrayal of the righteous, afro-clad hitman, Jules in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film, Pulp Fiction. Having once been a veritable unknown outside of independent circles, the role made him a household name and he soon went on to star in over fifty movies during the 1990's.
Samuel is set to play a prominent role in the upcoming sci-fi thriller, Jumper, a film adaptation based on the novel by Steven Gould, scheduled for a 2007 release.
Samuel will star as Lazarus alongside actress Christina Ricci in the upcoming 2007 movie, Black Snake Moan.
Samuel prefers for his characters to feature the color purple. Mr. Glass wore purple clothing in Unbreakable (2000); he chose to have Doyle Gipson wear a purple hat in Changing Lanes (2002); and upon special request to George Lucas, his jedi Mace Windu wielded a purple light saber in the films, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).
The Marvel Comics character, Ultimate Nick Fury, a reinterpretation of the classic Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D., was specifically tailored after Jackson with his permission.
Jackson will be the Narrator for the film, Farce of the Penguins, a parody of the acclaimed documentary, March of the Penguins.
His most recently released film was Freedomland, addressing the subject of racism, and his next upcoming film is the action horror, Snakes on a Plane.
Jackson will be the voice of God in a new audio version of the Bible. Jackson was given the lead role because producers felt his deep, authoritative voice was perfect for the role of God. He recently just finished recording a CD set of the New Testament, due to be released in September 2006, with a box set of the Old Testament to be released the following year of 2007.
Samuel once had a cameo on the television show, Bill Nye the Science Guy, where he explained the physics of the dimples on a golf ball.
In 1984, Samuel worked as a camera stand-in for Bill Cosby during the taping of The Cosby Show.
Samuel provides the voice of Officer Frank Tenpenny in the popular Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas game.
Samuel is the voice of Frozone (Lucius Best) in Disney/Pixar's 2004 CGI-animated film, The Incredibles as well as in the video game.
Samuel was briefly suspended in 1969 from Morehouse College after taking several members of the board of trustees hostage, including the father of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., during a protest concerning the failure of the university to have black trustees or a black studies program.
Samuel is married to his wife, LaTanya Richardson (1980 to present); they have a daughter named Zoe, born 1982.
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