Samuel L. Jackson has only one honorary Oscar, but he says he doesn’t care, considering he’s spent more than 10 years playing Marvel Cinematic Universe stalwart Nick Fury. As he told the Los Angeles Times, the actor I’d rather make billion-dollar Marvel movies than win Oscars or chase bait papers to win them.
“People go to see my movies to see how many times I say son of a bitch”
The ‘Pulp Fiction’ actor he reflected on his career During the Interview:
“As tired as I wanted to be about it, thinking, ‘Well, I should have won an Oscar for this or I should have won for that and it didn’t happen,’ once I got over it many years ago, it hasn’t been a big deal. for me. I always have fun going to the Oscars. I always look forward to receiving a gift basket for being a presenter. [Risas] I give things to my relatives; my daughter and my wife took out presents. It’s great… But otherwise, she was already over it.”
“I would never let the Oscars be a measure of my success or failure as an actor. My criterion of success is my happiness: Am I satisfied with what I am doing? I’m not making movies to chase statuettes. You know (whispers): ‘If you make this movie, you’ll win an Oscar.’ No, thanks. I’d rather be Nick Fury. Or having fun being Mace Windu with a lightsaber in hand.”
That’s not to say Jackson thinks he shouldn’t have an Oscar under his belt. The actor told The Sunday Times in March that should have won the Oscar for supporting actor for his nomination in ‘Pulp Fiction’ by Quentin Tarantino, but he’s okay with giving up Oscar roles if it means making movies:
“That people just want to see so they can get out of themselves. That’s the guy I chose to be and I’m fine with it. I’m satisfied because that’s who I am. I’m the guy who says the phrases that people see on the shirts. There are actors who make their whole career and no one can quote a line that they said in a movie. People go to my movies to see how crazy I’m going to get or see how many times I say son of a bitch. Take the seats.”
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