Samuel L. Jackson Quotes

Sometimes you have to say, "No. This is my space." If you're going to come at me, come at me respectfully, and I will respond respectfully.

And I'm not so in love with making people mad that I want to live my life around it.

At home, a man is entitled to raise his voice maybe once a year, if something really gets under his skin. At work, it's different. I raise my voice all the time. Not out of malice, but to get things right. It's never personal.

I try to avoid talking about my personal life, but I certainly don't get angry about it - I just don't talk about it.

Dealing with sledging is an individual thing. For me, I am not going to take abuse from David Warner or anyone else and not have a word back. But it is down to the person.

I was always taught not to answer no questions. I'm not really good at answering them because I get agitated so fast.

I will not try to escape fights if someone tries to poke or trigger me.

One of the first signs that you’re beginning to develop boundaries is a sense of resentment, frustration, or anger at the subtle and not-so-subtle violations in your life. Just as radar signals the approach of a foreign missile, your anger can alert you to boundary violations in your life.

I catch fire and find the reserves of courage and assertiveness to speak up. When that happens I get quite carried away. My blood gets hot my brow wet I become unbearably and unconscionably sarcastic and bellicose I am girded for a total showdown.

Most men don't seem to get that telling a pissed-off woman to calm down is like throwing gunpowder on a fire.” ~ Liberty Jones

You can knock me down, step on my face, slander my name all over the place. Do anything that you want to do, but uh-oh, honey, lay off of my shoes.

I respect my boundaries, and I insist that others respect them, too.

If you want to dig, if you want to pry, do it on your time, but I'm going to be a woman of dignity.

Your private life is your private life and you keep it to yourself. You get more respect that way.

When some people get angry, they turn into victims, but when I get angry, I turn to action.

I've always declined to speak about things I don't think are anybody's business, and what I always get from the interviewers is, 'Well, you know, we have to ask those things.' I say, 'Well, maybe you do, but I don't have to answer them.'

I like people and get along, and I'm afraid to express my anger and my rage.

I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger.

All through life I've harbored anger rather than expressed it at the moment.

I'm not about to talk about what's romantic in my life - I figure if you talk about it once, then that's an open invitation for everyone to dig into your personal life even further. So, I just keep my private life to myself.

I just don't want to talk about my personal life. I feel like it's mine, I'm not trying to promote it. It's nice to have things that are your own, that you value enough that you don't have to use to sell a movie.

I get angry at a principle, not a person.

As soon as I feel people are talking too much about my character, it's time to leave.

I'm learning how to keep my identity and personal life sacred. It's a matter of knowing my limits. I don't have to give everything that's asked of me.

I've learned that I am allowed to say what I like and what I don't like. And I've learned that I have to be professional and not be everyone's best friend.