I Had a Dream ; Samuel L Jackson Overcame the Racial Prejudice of the Deep South and Then Fought His Own Demons of Drugs and Drink to Become the Highest- Grossing Actor of All Time. Now, He Tells Rebecca Hardy, His Only Addiction Is to Golf

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Samuel L Jackson is made of walls; he is tough, bullish, impregnable.

In fact, he has shored himself up so completely that he's about the most self-contained man I've met.

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I Had a Dream ; Samuel L Jackson Overcame the Racial Prejudice of the Deep South and Then Fought His Own Demons of Drugs and Drink to Become the Highest- Grossing Actor of All Time. Now, He Tells Rebecca Hardy, His Only Addiction Is to Golf

He acknowledges this, saying he and his wife, actress LaTanya Richardson, 'talk about it all the time'.

'My wife says I'm emotionally disconnected from things,' he says. 'I don't have separation anxiety. Consequently, when I go away on location, she'll call and say, "Do you miss me?" And I'll say, "Well, no." I'm being honest.

'I've spent 35 years of my life with her, so when I'm not with her I think about her, but do I miss her? No. I'm reading a book. I'm watching a film.

I'm trying to figure out what I'll do tomorrow. I don't have those kind of emotional attachments.' This disconnected state, while tough for his wife, is probably what makes Jackson, 57, the most compelling of actors. He doesn't so much act a role as become that role. We know him as the unforgettable Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction, Mace Windu in the Star Wars series, Doyle Gipson in Changing Lanes and Rufus in Kil...

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