"I don't care. I can hold a grudge" he says. "She'll try to get rid of it. She's a lot better at it than I am. But I'll come around to the fact that 'I'm holding on to this way too long.' And I'll let go of it."
There have been times during those 33 years when both had considered walking away but realized the positives of the relationship far outweighed the negatives. Love for each other was a major factor, so was Zoe.
Both Jackson and Richardson grew up in single-family homes and never wanted that for their daughter. "Sometimes, people say, 'That's crazy to stay together for the kid,'" he says. "But sometimes that's the one thing that helps you see that you were being silly. It would have been easier to walk away when all you had to do was stop, take a deep breath and work it out."
Over the years, the friendship between the two has deepened and endures through all the work-related separations because both of them are busy actors. "La Tanya has a great sense of humor, a great love of life and a great love of the people around her."
And there are lots of people wanting to be around her--and him. Success does that in
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Loved reading this story. I saw Samuel L. Jackson getting an award the other day and his wife and daughter were right there to support him and you could just feel the love in the family. You don't see those types of images very much on TV so I was glad to see them represent.
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