His father, Denzel Washington, was there, too, reflecting on his decades-long friendship with Jackson.
Lord forgive me, but Samuel L. Jackson is a bad motherfucker!
Sam and I go back 45 years, Washington shared.

LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Samuel L. Jackson
Hes family to me.
Hes my children’s uncle, [his daughter] Zoe is like our daughter.
It was like we were attached at the hip.

Alexander Smalls, Spike Lee, and Samuel L. Jackson
I sat in that theater and I started crying, she shared.
I said my life is over; hes going to be a movie star…. Alexander Smalls, Spike Lee, and Samuel L. Jackson