Samuel L. Jackson: Education Is Key

When Samuel L. Jackson was growing up, people encouraged him to be a doctor, lawyer or a teacher. But it was acting, he said, that gave him the greatest satisfaction.

Jackson, who was in Shreveport filming a movie, encouraged young Head Start pupils Friday to apply themselves in school and “find that one particular thing that makes you smile when you do it, that impresses your friends when you do it.”

Most of the children were 4 or 5 years old, and some weren’t sure who he was.

Jackson, a Morehouse College graduate, told them that education is key to doing whatever they want.

“If I can be a role model for you, then I’ll be that. I’m a proud man, I’m an educated man and I give back to my community in as many ways as I can,” he said.