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Samuel L. Jackson: I'm Not a Tough Guy | Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson: I'm Not a Tough Guy

Originally posted 08/19/2006 07:00AM

Samuel L. Jackson talks to PEOPLE about his new movie, Snakes on a Plane, his tough guy image – and why you wouldn't want to cross him on the golf course.

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Samuel L. Jackson's Carter Tops Fockers

Samuel L. Jackson's Carter Tops Fockers

Originally posted 01/16/2005 08:00PM

Samuel L. Jackson has finally put those Fockers in their place.

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HARVARD ROASTS JACKSON

Originally posted 04/21/1999 12:00AM

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JACKSON TO GET 'SHAFT'

Originally posted 04/23/1999 12:00AM

Samuel L. Jackson is in final negotiations to play the title character in a remake of the 1971 action film "Shaft," reports Variety. Director John Singleton plans to shoot this summer from a script by Richard Price. The original -- starring Richard Roundtree as a handsome, tough-talking private detective enlisted by a Harlem mob boss to rescue his kidnapped daughter -- was directed by Gordon Parks and featured a memorable score by Isaac Hayes (currently the voice of Chef on "South Park"). It was considered perhaps the best in the wave of blaxploitation cinema in the early 1970s.

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HASTY HAWN AND JACKSON

Originally posted 04/30/1999 12:00AM

Samuel L. Jackson: Lay Off Jar Jar

Originally posted 05/28/2002 12:00PM

The actor wishes moviegoers would give "Star Wars" series costar Jar Jar Binks a break, and not read so much into the character racially.

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