SAMUEL L JACKSON ... with Samuel L. Jackson in 2000. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) GROSS: Now that you're a movie star, you have to use a gun a lot in your films. You were very briefly ...

If there were ever any questions about Samuel L. Jackson’s motivation for the roles and movies he chooses, the popular actor put them to rest during one brutally honest run of comments. Jackson, who's ...