[Ichneumon]

I don't know his actual political feelings, but I think Samuel L. Jackson deserves special points for the following from his June 1999 Playboy magazine interview:

   PLAYBOY:  Are you politically active?

   JACKSON:  I go to premieres, and folks start asking me,
   "How do you feel about the president?"  I think, What
   the f**k do people care what I think about the president?
   I'm an actor.  All those actors out there stumping for
   this candidate or that candidate, it's bulls**t.  They
   don't do anything past that.  They raise some money
   and they're out of there.  Or they just voice their
   opinion:  "That Dalai Lama is my boy."

   PLAYBOY:  So your soapbox message is for celebrities to
   get off their soapboxes?

   JACKSON:  Just pay your taxes.  Stop standing up and
   saying, "We need to lend our money to so-and-so."
   You make $20 million a picture.  Shut the f**k up and
   give them a million dollars.  Don't ask Joe Everyday
   for $5.  He might need that $5.  You've got money to
   burn.  I don't like giving my political opinions.
     [...]
   The more of a grasp I can have of myself as an
   everyday guy who just happens to have an unusual job,
   the better off my life is going to be.  I don't think
   I'm extraordinary.

And then later:

   "...but when people give me this bulls**t thing
   about being a role model [through his choice of
   acting roles] and my effect on society, I say bulls**t
   to you.  If people want to know if I'm a role model,
   they should know that I've been married to the same
   woman for 19 years, I drove my daughter's car pool
   until she started driving, I help her with her
   homework.  I make up beds, I take out the garbage.
   I graduated from college, I can read and write.  I can
   speak correctly.  I treat everyone with respect.
   I pay my taxes.  I've never been to jail.  I think
   that's the stuff of a role model.

[garbanzo]

I drove my daughter's car pool until she started driving, I help her with her homework. I make up beds, I take out the garbage.

I have a theory about the Hollywood left - that the more "people" you have doing stuff for you, the more detached from reality you become and the more intolerant you become of any sort of momentary discomfort. Since the goal of modern liberalism is the complete abolition of any sense of personal discomfort whatsoever, it becomes a natural fit for people who get trapped in hedonism.

[libertylover]

Wow! I've always liked him as an actor but this is good stuff. However, I thought I saw his name on one of the against America lists.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

JACKSON: Just pay your taxes. Stop standing up and saying, "We need to lend our money to so-and-so." You make $20 million a picture. Shut the f**k up and give them a million dollars. Don't ask Joe Everyday for $5. He might need that $5. You've got money to burn.

Wow. Now that's refreshing.

[bushfamfan]

Samuel L. Jackson is one of those who signed the anti-war against Iraq ad. He's on the dark side.

[dware]

Samuel L. Jackson is one of them. He was recently a featured speaker at the ANSWER protests.

[M. Peach]

Thank you for that great excerpt - I almost stood up and applauded until I realized I was all alone in front of my computer and no one would hear me....

[XJarhead]

If people want to know if I'm a role model, they should know that I've been married to the same woman for 19 years, I drove my daughter's car pool until she started driving, I help her with her homework. I make up beds, I take out the garbage. I graduated from college, I can read and write. I can speak correctly. I treat everyone with respect. I pay my taxes. I've never been to jail. I think that's the stuff of a role model.

Whether he's a liberal or conservative, Samuel L. Jackson deserve a standing ovation for that. For a man who has had his level of success to keep that kind of perspective is fantastic. Plus, he's a very good actor.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

So people really do read Playboy 'just for the articles' :-)

[Kaafi]

I don't get it how come pepole care so much what they have to say, most of those stars are really stupid.