Samuel L. Jackson

Hi, I'm Samuel L. Jackson. I'm sorry to disappoint you, Reddit, but I've decided to break the rules of my own competition, and I will not be reading a user-submitted entry as my monologue. Instead, I'd like to speak to you all from my own heart, in my own words; honestly and openly. I've been waiting to reveal something for a long, long, time and... well, here it is: I am quitting acting and pursuing a life of vigilantism. Now, I know what you're thinking: "Sam Jack, you are one bad motherfucker when it comes to the fine art of thespianism." And you know what? You're right. But it's time for me to step out of the limelight... and step into the shadows. I have been given the gift of an incredibly intimidating voice, and I intend to use it to strike fear into the scum that plague our good streets. Listen to this: "Hey! You! Motherfucker! Stop doing all that crime!" You see? Who wouldn't stop after that? How about this one: "Yo! Knock that motherfucking crime-doing off!" And of course there's: "Excuse me, young hoodlum? Look at me! I'm Samuel L. Jackson, bitch. You really think you're going to get away with this?" My new life of crime-fighting won't be easy, my friends, but I suppose nothing worth doing really ever is. My hope is to leave this very dark world just a little brighter than when I found it before my time is through. I hope to save a life. I hope to maybe change one. I hope to make some crime-doing motherfuckers shit themselves in terror upon hearing my scary-ass voice reprimanding them as I charge them in a rage. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope. Edit: I am fully aware that Samuel L. Jackson was not in The Shawshank Redemption. I'm a huge fan of film, and that would be an incredibly egregious error on my part. It'd be like not knowing Morgan Freeman was in Pulp Fiction. Edit 2: I got picked! A huge thank you to Samuel L. Jackson for making my goofy little monologue sound better than I could have ever hoped it would, and thank you to every redditor who upvoted this and messaged me with kind words. You see the ugly side of Reddit so often, it was incredibly refreshing to see the other side displayed so abundantly in my mailbox. Thank you. More on reddit.com

He’s a decent mix of both honestly. He does have a lot of roles where he can just be his charismatic self. But he can also get into a character pretty well. His role as Stephen in Django is brilliant. I find it funny that you mention his role as The Octopus because I’d consider that to be another example of being his charismatic self. That could very well just be Jules or Nick Fury in another life. More on reddit.com

(an additional monologue, I'll still do the top up voted!) get on it muthafukkas! http://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1f9x5y/im_samuel_l_jackson_and_ill_record_a_video_of_me/ More on reddit.com

A great many actors play versions of themselves, and as long as that suits the role, I have no problem with it. People often believe that acting is meant to be a transformational. That's one approach, famously embodied by Method actors. But it is hardly the only approach to acting. I've studied acting myself, and there are schools that favor playing roles as shades of yourself -- not yourself exactly, but a different character that is nevertheless not too far removed from who you are. That's an equally valid approach to acting -- whatever works for you, and all that -- and if we limited our pool of actors only to those who go by The Method, we'd be depriving ourselves of a lot of talent. That said, I think Jackson is a fine actor, and anyone who doubts that should watch his performance in Django Unchained. Also, check him out as Ordell in Jackie Brown, it's a performance with a different vibe from his other roles. More on reddit.com