I Did Play A Dentist In Waiting For Guffman. I Wrote The Speech At The Conference. In The Original Script, When It Got To That Scene, It Was, 'thank You Very Much. Good Night.' Literally. I Just Thought, 'he Keeps Talking About This Speech. The Keynote Address Is The Big Thing In His Life And This Is Too Important To Say, "thank You. Good Night." I Think We Have To See And Hear Him Doing What He Does.' So I Got Together With My Dentist And We Worked Through A Few Things.

-Samuel L. Jackson

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I Did Play A Dentist In Waiting

Samuel L. Jackson

I Did Play A Dentist In Waiting For Guffman. I Wrote The Speech At The Conference. In The Original Script, When It Got To That Scene, It Was, 'thank You Very Much. Good Night.' Literally. I Just Thought, 'he Keeps Talking About This Speech. The Keynote Address Is The Big Thing In His Life And This Is Too Important To Say, "thank You. Good Night." I Think We Have To See And Hear Him Doing What He Does.' So I Got Together With My Dentist And We Worked Through A Few Things.

Topic

Good Night

Thinking

Talking

What I Remember From [the First Meeting With Samuel L. Jackson] Was That He Was A Friendly, Animated Kind Of Guy. His Screen Image Is A Hard Boiled Intimidating Kind Of Character. That's What I Remembered Thinking, 'boy, This Guy Seems Like A Normal Guy.'

Character

Thinking

Boys