Samuel L. Jackson has by no means been recognized to mince phrases, and the identical holds true when discussing Hollywood’s largest honor.
“We’ve been within the enterprise lengthy sufficient to know that when of us go, ‘It’s simply an honor to be nominated [for an Oscar].’ No, it ain’t,” Jackson stated throughout a video interview with the Related Press as he and fellow actor Michael Potts promoted their present movie, “The Piano Lesson.”
“It’s an honor to win,” he chuckled.
In fact, despite stellar performances, most nominees don’t win — after which, the so-called honor is then shortly forgotten, in keeping with Jackson.
“You get nominated, and folk go, ‘Yeah I keep in mind that.’ Or most individuals overlook,” he defined. “Usually, it’s a contest you didn’t volunteer to be in. I didn’t go in there so I might flex. ‘Let me do my scene, so you may bear in mind who I used to be.’ They nominate you and folks go, ‘What’s that film you’re nominated for? What’s the title of that factor?’ And after it’s over, and folks have a tough time remembering who even received.”
Since scoring a nomination in 1995 for his very memorable position in Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction,” Jackson has develop into the highest-grossing actor in Hollywood as of 2024, but he hasn’t been nominated since. In 2021, he was offered with an honorary Academy Award, an award he stated “didn’t really feel honorary” in any respect, in keeping with The Hollywood Reporter. In actual fact, he stated, it “simply felt like I used to be getting an Oscar.”
“I earned it. I labored for it,” he continued. “I can presumably title 4 different situations the place I might have received or ought to have received or ought to have been nominated, ” he added, referencing his position in Tarantino’s 1997 hit, “Jackie Brown” for instance. “[B]ut I’m advantageous with it. It’s mine. I acquired it. My title’s on it.”
