Samuel L. Jackson does not fancy getting his kit off in-front of the camera.
Being an actor isn't just the glitz and glamour of attending premieres and seeing your face on billboards, there's also a lot of work which goes on behind-the-scenes in order to replicate the feelings and emotions of real life people.
And when it comes to art imitating life, nothing is off the table – even our most intimate moments.
Most sex scenes are now carefully managed by intimacy co-ordinators to make sure that actors feel comfortable, although that doesn't stop some performers actually getting it on for real.
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However the Pulp Fiction star isn't fully comfortable with the idea of being completely nude on the screen, for a pretty understandable reason.
Touching on the subject during a 2016 interview with Sirius XM's The Howard Stern Show, the 76-year-old revealed he's unsure if his body matches up to the public image he's cultivated.
"I might ask for a d**k double," Jackson said, prompting Stern to ask if he doesn't believe his manhood is substantial enough to be displayed on cinema screens and TVs.
"I don't know if it's… yeah," he replied.
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"I don't know if it's formidable enough. My aura's so big, I don't know if my d**k is big enough to fill my aura."
Jackson has starred in only a handful of steamy scenes throughout his decades long career, notably 2004's In My Country and 2009's Mother and Child.
The actor went on to add that body hang-ups aren't the only thing which make sex scenes uncomfortable either, adding: "You ask before you start, 'Where can I touch you? Where shouldn't I touch you?
"Then you apologise for both reasons. 'I'm sorry if I get excited' and 'I'm sorry if I don't.' Because sometimes it just ain't happening!"
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Fortunately for Jackson, he's been able to carve out a prolific career without stripping off, thanks to characters such as Mace Windu, Jules Winnfield and Nick Fury.
Nudity isn't the only part of being an actor which makes Jackson uncomfortable either, with the Marvel star recently revealing that receiving a certain compliment makes him recoil – being called a 'legend'.
Revealing his aversion to the phrase after being given the 'Legend of Cinema Award' at SCAD Savannah Film Festival back in 2020, the actor told Entertainment Weekly: "Legends are people who accomplish things that can't be accomplished by other people, or did something that's super extraordinary.
"I just persevered through hard work and doggedness to get where I am."
Topics: Samuel L Jackson, Entertainment, TV and Film, Celebrity
Brenna Cooper