TMZ on TV
April 16, 2008
Wednesday 16 April 2008 on Syndicated

TMZ gets the impossible, video of Prince's face; Ron Howard turns the camera on the paparazzi; Samuel L. Jackson can't get into his car; and Kim Kardashian makes the paparazzi delete a photo.

Samuel presented an award alongside Black Snake Moan costar Christina Ricci at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards. (edit) Always a comic and anime fan, Samuel can be seen reading a copy of the comic book 100 Bullets during his appearance in the Cobra Starship music video for Snakes on a Plane (Bring It). (edit) Samuel is bald in real life, but enjoys wearing unusual wigs in his films. (edit) Samuel starred alongside John Cusack in the 2007 thriller, 1408, based on the short story by Stephen King. (edit) Samuel stars as the voice of the hero in Afro Samurai, a new animated series for Spike TV which premiered January 4, 2007. The series is based upon a graphic novel by Takashi Okazaki which details a black samurai's experiences while hunting down the gunman who murdered his father. The new series combines anime-styled action with hip-hop culture. (edit)

Samuel: (explaining the reasoning behind why he sees every one of his movies in theaters alongside paying customers) Even during my theater years, I wished I could watch the plays I was in - while I was in them! I dig watching myself work. (edit) Samuel: (revealing he never curbed his language in front of his daughter when she was a child) I never edited my speech with my daughter and I talked to her like I talked to my friends but she could not answer me back the same way. I recall hearing when she was three talking to her friends and saying 'f**k you'. She understood the context of different words. We took her to a wedding once and I was asking her about some food and she replied, 'What is that s**t?' (edit) Samuel: (about being the lead in the remake of Shaft) I enjoyed it. It's pretty much the first time I've [played] a straightforward action hero. It's fun to be the guy that walks down the street in the middle of a hail of bullets and [not get hit]. That's how I felt about watching Richard: he was a hero and I'd never seen myself as that guy. Hopefully, 30 years later, somebody in the theater will feel good about the fact that we have a pure black hero. He looks good, he talks tough, and he kind of gets the girl. (edit) Samuel: (about his movie, Snakes on a Plane) I like scary movies and the scariest thing you could think of is a crate load of poisonous snakes getting released into the atmosphere on a plane. It says everything about it. I play an FBI Agent transporting a witness to a trial, so the bad guy puts this crate load of poisonous snakes on a plane. (edit) Samuel: (about starring in The Man) I just wanted to do a comedy, I guess, because I hadn't done one in a while and it was an interesting opportunity to meet Eugene [Levy] and be in that particular space, because I like watching him on screen, and I loved watching him on SCTV. And just to kind of do something that wasn't as heavy as the film that I'd done before or the film that I had to do next, and just kind of enjoy myself and have some fun and laugh every day (edit)

Star
Afro Samurai Afro Samurai, Ninja Ninja	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child The Mayor
Iconoclasts Himself

Recurring Role
Coming Attractions	Late Show with David Letterman Guest
The Daily Show Guest	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Guest
The View Himself

Guest Star
A Man Called Hawk Intensive Care Unknown	Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Series 5, Episode 3 Himself
Banzai Episode 5 Himself	Biography Samuel L. Jackson: An Actor's Journey Himself
Clips & Quips April 2005 himself	Coming Attractions Resident Evil: Apocolypse; Ladder 49; National Treasure; The Incredibles voice

Other
Afro Samurai The Dream Reader Co-Producer	Afro Samurai Revenge Co-Producer
Afro Samurai Duel Co-Producer	Afro Samurai The Clan of the Empty Seven Co-Producer
Afro Samurai Duel Executive Producer	Afro Samurai The Dream Reader Executive Producer