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"I think I'm the only actor in the history of film who got to slap Sam Jackson on the face and butt and lived to tell about it."
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"Every past is worth condemning."

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"In ten minutes, I'm thinking, 'OK, you know what? I love these guys. They're really smart, they're really good, they've got a good sense of comedy, under their guidance, I think maybe this could come out OK.' But I didn't like the part."

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"We went through all the scenes and they became kind of funny and they expanded a little bit and because it seemed to be working so well in the movie, they added a couple of things later on in the movie and that's how it turned out."

"I think I'm the only actor in the history of film who got to slap Sam Jackson on the face and butt and lived to tell about it."
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