Samuel L. Jackson

The coolest motherfucking star on the planet speaks his mind
By Stephen Rebello

 
THE 21ST QUESTION:
You have a bad-ass screen image. Do guys ever try to mess with you?

JACKSON:
I don't have that thing that Bruce, Arnold, Sylvester and those guys used to have. But, then again, Bruce and Sylvester have a lot of people around them to keep people away from them. So when people got an opportunity to get next to those guys, they did crazy shit. I don't have any of that. No entourages. I stop, talk, ask, "Did you watch the game last night?" or "What's a good restaurant?" Talk to them like just another person. People have never felt that they had to be a hero on my time or that they had to rise up with me. Nobody ever goes, "Aw, you ain't so tough."

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