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Creativity Quote by Trevor Rabin

"Yes well I've done three movies with Samuel L. Jackson, so I've met him a couple of times already. Well, I see him everyday, but its only on the screen"

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Celebrity proximity is its own kind of mirage, and Trevor Rabin nails that slippery feeling with an offhand shrug. He starts with the industry-friendly credential - three movies with Samuel L. Jackson - then immediately undercuts it: "so I've met him a couple of times already". Not partied with, not bonded, just technically encountered. The rhythm is casual, but the joke is precise: collaboration in Hollywood often means parallel play, where your name is on the same poster as someone you might barely know.

Then comes the pivot that makes the line stick: "I see him everyday, but its only on the screen". Rabin, a musician whose work is literally designed to be heard repeatedly, recognizes a modern weirdness: media turns people into daily companions without ever granting intimacy. Samuel L. Jackson becomes less a colleague than a recurring presence in Rabin's life, like a neighbor you recognize through the window but never speak to.

The intent feels both humble and lightly satirical. Rabin is resisting the implied glamour of proximity to an A-lister, refusing to inflate a professional overlap into a relationship. The subtext is a quiet critique of how audiences and press collapse "worked with" into "knows", and how the entertainment machine sells association as social proof. It's also a musician's perspective on film: your bond with the cast is often mediated by edits, playback, and the cold fact that the final relationship you have with them is through the finished product - the screen, the loop, the repeat.

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Rabin, Trevor. (2026, January 16). Yes well I've done three movies with Samuel L. Jackson, so I've met him a couple of times already. Well, I see him everyday, but its only on the screen. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/yes-well-ive-done-three-movies-with-samuel-l-97738/

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Rabin, Trevor. "Yes well I've done three movies with Samuel L. Jackson, so I've met him a couple of times already. Well, I see him everyday, but its only on the screen." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/yes-well-ive-done-three-movies-with-samuel-l-97738/.

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"Yes well I've done three movies with Samuel L. Jackson, so I've met him a couple of times already. Well, I see him everyday, but its only on the screen." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/yes-well-ive-done-three-movies-with-samuel-l-97738/. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.

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Trevor Rabin (born January 13, 1955) is a Musician from South Africa.

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