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I grew up watching those blaxploitation movies. Ron O'Neal, Richard Roundtree, Jim Brown, Pam Grier. For the first time, I saw 'The Negro' get one over on 'The Man.' ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

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I kind of realize that I have a tendency to choose the kind of films I watched when I was a kid and would go home and pretend with my friends that we were in those movies after we saw them. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

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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. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

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I tend to play characters that I can infuse with certain kinds of humour. Even the baddest guy can be funny in his own particular way. I want the audience to engage with the character on some deeper level so that they leave the cinema still thinking about him. ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

#audience #certain #certain kinds #character #characters

There are a lot of good arguments for birth control, but as far as terminating a life that has already come into existence, I haven't found any. ↗

— Kathy Ireland

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And of course we are familiar with the English common law rule of thumb that said a man could in fact use a stick no bigger than his thumb to discipline his wife and family. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs. ↗

— Patricia Ireland

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At age 10 or 12 he's going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight is, of course, down at the bottom of England just off South Hampton. ↗

— Jeremy Irons

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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

#emotions #fun #hard #hard work #kind

I walk the streets, take the train, it's real simple. Some actors create their own mythology: 'Oh, I'm so famous I can't go places, because I created this mythology that I'm so famous I can't go places.' ↗

— Samuel L. Jackson

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