Samuel L. Jackson, the man who by his own count has been in "something like 100 movies," is a big fan of all the action figures he's been turned into — his favorite is Mace Windu, the Star Wars Jedi master — and he keeps them all lined up in his office. "I catch Mace starring at Shaft and Frozone flying all around my office." The ubiquitous star may soon get his most iconic action figure yet: Octopus from Will Eisner's The Spirit. Filming the part in Frank Miller's upcoming movie, Jackson had to embody a character that has just been a pair of gloves since Eisner created The Spirit comic in 1940. So he was free to create the character the way he wanted. "I became a black Nazi. And I look good. You can grow up to be anything you want to be," he said.by Nicole Sperling@ew.com