Samuel L Jackson was racially profiled by police

Veteran actor Samuel L Jackson says he was racially profiled by the police when he was filming Pulp Fiction.

The 67-year-old The Hateful Eight actor said he has to go 'facedown in the middle of the road' because of the colour of his skin, reported Digital Spy.

"All of a sudden, five sheriff's cars screeched up. The policemen surrounded us, guns pointed, lights in our face: 'Get on the ground!'. There we were, lying facedown in the middle of Santa Monica Boulevard. I finally said to the cops, 'Why are you doing this?' One of them said, 'Oh, we got a report of five black guys standing on the corner with guns and bats'," Jackson said.

"I said, 'So when you pulled up and didn't see a bat - I mean, maybe we could've had a gun concealed on us, but you didn't see anything that looked like a bat'. What-ever," he added.

The actor said the incident made him realise that despite of being a Hollywood star, he still have to "walk softly".