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What I Remember From [the First Meeting With Samuel L. Jackson] Was That He Was A Friendly, Animated Kind Of Guy. His Screen Image Is A Hard Boiled Intimidating Kind Of Character. That's What I Remembered Thinking, 'boy, This Guy Seems Like A Normal Guy.'

When The Riots Happened In L.a., They Didn't Go To Beverly Hills To Trash Rodeo Drive. They Trashed Their Own Neighborhoods. It's One Of Those Tragedies That We Always See In Riot Situations, Where The Only Thing That They Can Lash Out Against Is The Stuff That's Right There In Their Own Communities. They Destroy The Very Things That Help Them Survive In Their Own Community. There Is A Level Of Futility In That.

The Only Thing I've Kind Of Missed Is Finding A Really Good Western That I Want To Do, Because I Watched Westerns A Lot.

Those Are The Rules. To Improvise In A Movie With Other People, When They're Following A Script, Everybody Has To Know What's Going On. I Think A Line Or Two We Might Change. Certainly, I Do. But I Wouldn't Call It Improvising. I'd Call It Fudging The Lines.

I Met [ Samuel L. Jackson ] For The First Time On The Today Show. He Came Out Of An Elevator. I Was Promoting A Mighty Wind And He Was Promoting Something Else. He Said, "i Hear We're Going To Be Working Together." I Said, "on What?" He Said, 'the Man.' I Hadn't Heard His Name Mentioned Before. I Made A Few Calls And Found Out He Had The Script And Was Interested. That Was It.