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[–]cypresstalker156 points157 points158 points 7 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Damn hes way older than I thought
[–]LiveTheTruth32145 points46 points47 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
And can still kill with a stare
[–]Aquilam94 points95 points96 points 7 years ago (11 children) | Copy Link
Bullshit.
Pulp fiction came out after Jurassic Park.
Am I the only one who remembers him from that? He was a programmer...
“Hold onto your butts...”
[+][deleted] 7 years ago* [recovered] (2 children) | Copy Link
I remember him from Coming to America, and Loaded Weapon 1.
[–]Triple_Beam2 points3 points4 points 7 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
It's so easy to just check IMDB, plus their also peoples memories, like yes the first time I saw him was coming to america, and goodfellas.. both were before jungle fever.
He's 70 now, so he was 43 in is it 1992 I believe it would be, hardly unknown.. TIL Stacks Edwards really was a junkie
[–]Mac2901 point2 points3 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
You’re always fucking late Stacks. Even late to your own funeral.
[–]NotLuceBree13 points14 points15 points 7 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link
He was working as an actor before Spike Lee cast him, but he wasn't a "name".
[–]marchingjay0 points1 point2 points 7 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Still this makes it sound like he was some minimum wage burger flipping bum who got himself "discovered".
Not an actor already in the industry, exposed to a director who just had to see him on a good day instead of shitty from the binge last night.
[–]DopeFiendDramaQueen0 points1 point2 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Nah it says in the OP pic he was an “unknown actor” and for the most part he really was, his roles were barely above being an extra. Jurassic Park would of been around when he started becoming more known and Pulp Fiction really made him a star.
[–]sketchiboo9 points10 points11 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
I was gonna say that can't be true...
[–]StuckOnThePlantation0 points1 point2 points 7 years ago* (3 children) | Copy Link
Yes. I remember, unlike his later roles as a badass, his character in Jurassic Park was quite disarming.
[–]Aquilam0 points1 point2 points 7 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link
He was smart, focused...reminded me of another character he played in “Sphere”; ironically another film based off of a Michael Crichton book.
[–]StuckOnThePlantation0 points1 point2 points 7 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Yes you really had to hand it to him. He went and did what needed to be done even though he was unarmed and had to go out on a limb.
[–]Aquilam0 points1 point2 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
...yes yes, eaten by a velociraptor and arm falling through the door.
[–]DangZagnut93 points94 points95 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Clearly I never fucked my life enough around any key directors.
[–]Sapien2473 points74 points75 points 7 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Moral of the story folks, call your local heroine dealer and change your life for the better.
[–]Trollileo1235 points6 points7 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
”Hi, id like to step it up a notch”
[–]MarkAurelios48 points49 points50 points 7 years ago (6 children) | Copy Link
Not really accurate. The man had experience as an actor prior to that, and his life story is extremely unique.
Yes, there is a chance that you too will be discovered at the ripe age of 45+ and become an international superstar. A 0.001 chance if you measure the "failed" actors against the successful ones.
Really the only thing posts like these do is promote complacency, that it's ok to have a heroin addiction and that things will just "work out" without any effort in your part
[–]Butchhe6 points7 points8 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
IMDB.com list all the moves hes been in, which is almost 200, since 1973.
[–]DaBiff1842205 points6 points7 points 7 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link
That’s literally not what this post says, if you look over your head it’s floating there. The point is to not beat yourself up and persevere through bad times. Even with his drug addiction, he was able to get his break and go to rehab and better himself
[–]MarkAurelios3 points4 points5 points 7 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link
The caption on the image is "in case you think you're too old or it's too late"
Not "Incase you think your addictions mean the end of your life"
So yeah, no idea where you got that point from.
[–]DaBiff1842203 points4 points5 points 7 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
It’s about everything he overcame to become successful. And regardless of age you shouldn’t give up
[–]HelmutHoffman2 points3 points4 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Everyone on Reddit thinks 25 is "old". I see so many posts that are like "Omg I'm already 25 and I've never traveled internationally!! I feel like my life is a total waste!"
[–]jkarovskaya0 points1 point2 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
probably more like a .0000001 chance if you think about how many tens of thousands of actors try to make the big time, but fail
[–]goblue13739 points40 points41 points 7 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
He was also the robber in the movie Coming to America starring Eddie Murphy
[–]hardlifeman19 points20 points21 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
"Anybody move, I'll blow yo fuckin head off."
[–]dbdb2 19 points20 points21 points 7 years ago (5 children) | Copy Link
Hmmm. Someone forgot good fellas. He was like 25 in that.
[–]ku-ra17 points18 points19 points 7 years ago (4 children) | Copy Link
He was 42 in Goodfellas.
[–]dbdb2 7 points8 points9 points 7 years ago (3 children) | Copy Link
Looked 25*
[–]agenthondo 10 points11 points12 points 7 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link
Black don't crack.
[–]nmd3101 point2 points3 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Unless you smoke it. Cept for Samuel L apparently.
[–]UshankaDalek1 point 7 years ago [recovered] | Copy Link
Look at those wrinkles!
[–]razeus13 points14 points15 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Spike put him in Do The Right Thing before Jungle Fever.
This is why the Russian trolls are winning. People believe any post they see without doing any type of research.
[–]Rodion-Raskolnikov6 points7 points8 points 7 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Love this guy. He’s a legend.
[–]DWS33_5 points6 points7 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
pulp fiction is one of my favorites
[–]blue89fall3 points4 points5 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
This is the lesson for every man here. It's corny as fuck, but tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life. Make whatever decisions you want to get to wherever you want to go.
[–]NietzscheExplosion2 points3 points4 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Fucked up the gateway car in goodfellas
[–]U-941 point2 points3 points 7 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
He has the most random one line role in Goodfellas. Blink and you'll miss him.
[–]Uniqueusername3601 point2 points3 points 7 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Sam Jackson is a hero to all of us, MOTHA FUCKER! THANKS!
[–]sketchiboo1 point2 points3 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
You know this is bullshit right?
[–]ChubaTaco1 point2 points3 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Now he has all of the heroin
[–]AutisticCyborg1 point2 points3 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
So if you try more than 3 years and don't make it just remember that a junkie is better and fuck you.
[–]alterthrow1 point2 points3 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Should have played Vincent then!
[–]Magnar961 point2 points3 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Yeah don't use him as a rolemodel, he's in support of the whole Captain Marvel/Brie Larson nonsense going on, he got woke and it really is a shame, thought he was better than that.
[–]Belrick_NZ1 point2 points3 points 7 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
that's called luck
and isnt he a liberal pos like most other big name actors?
[–]Toshiba1point04 points5 points6 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
He is, but the most important thing to remember is that Sam Jackson is about Sam Jackson. If you start evaluating celebrities, women, or any by the “causes” you’ll get a whole different picture of who they really are.
[–]nousername19822 points 7 years ago [recovered] | Copy Link
Must be depressing to read if you're 50.
[–]refiningfusion 0 points1 point2 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Awesome reminder! Thanks!
[–]sppotlight0 points1 point2 points 7 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
What if I'm over 43
[–]Most_Insane_F2P[🍰] 2 points3 points4 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Then look to "the colonol" of kentucky fried chicken.
Build an empire at 66?
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Samuel Jackson is a racist piece of shit.
[–]Onlymgtow880 points1 point2 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
He also kinda hates white people which I would not really mind if it wasn’t Such a fucking meme currently.
I’m white I just get people are naturally a little racist but it has gone too far in my opinion.
[–]Suicidejockey2150 points1 point2 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Stacks Edwards.
[–]redsenior0 points1 point2 points 7 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link
I don’t care how famous or rich he is. If you did heroin you are a loser.
[–]Staggitarius1 point2 points3 points 7 years ago (1 child) | Copy Link
Only a Sith deals in absolutes.
[–]redsenior0 points1 point2 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
If I had gold it would be yours.
[–]Most_Insane_F2P[🍰] 0 points1 point2 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
We care more about his opinion than scientists.
[–]mengmar1 0 points1 point2 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
Now he’s trying real hard to be the shepherd!
[–]VadeRetroLupa0 points1 point2 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
I gotta start a heroin addiction
[–]Let-It-All-Go 0 points1 point2 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link
His last lines towards the end of Pulp Fiction were amazing
"I'll just be Jules Vincent, no more no less"
"I'm trying real hard to be the shepherd"
[–]trueliberal11 point 7 years ago [recovered] | Copy Link
Great. I'm 47.
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I remember him from Coming to America, and Loaded Weapon 1.
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