In an interview with AP Leisure for the movie whereas selling his function in Netflix’s “The Piano Trainer,” Samuel L. Jackson stated an Oscar nomination just isn’t an enormous deal to him. Shockingly, Jackson solely obtained one Oscar nomination in his illustrious profession – Greatest Supporting Actor in 1995 for Pulp Fiction.
“We have been on this enterprise lengthy sufficient to know that when folks go, ‘What an honor it was to be nominated.’ No, it is not. It is an honor to win. ‘You get nominated and other people say,’ Sure, I keep in mind. ‘” Or most individuals overlook. Usually talking, it is a recreation you do not volunteer for. “Let me do my scene so that you keep in mind who I’m. ”
“They nominate you, after which folks ask, ‘What was that film you nominated? What is the title of that factor?’ After the competitors, it is exhausting for folks to recollect who received,” Jackson added.
In 2022, Jackson informed The Instances that he deserved to win the 1995 Greatest Supporting Actor Oscar, beating Martin Landau (“Ed Wooden”). In an interview with Vulture final 12 months, he added that he was denied a second likelihood at an Oscar when he wasn’t nominated for Joel Schumacher’s 1996 authorized drama A Time to Kill. Oscars and Jackson do not go hand in hand, which is ok contemplating he’d fairly make Marvel motion pictures that make billions on the field workplace than chase Oscar-friendly roles.
“I’ll by no means let an Academy Award be the measure of my success or failure as an actor,” Jackson informed The Instances. “My measure of success is my happiness: Am I pleased with what I am doing? I do not make motion pictures about chasing statues. You realize [whispers]: “Should you make this film, you may win an Oscar.” No, thanks. I might fairly be Nick Fury. Or have enjoyable taking part in as Mace Windu with a lightsaber in hand.
Jackson stated he agreed to surrender the Oscar function if it meant making “motion pictures that folks simply wish to see to allow them to get away from themselves,” including, “That is who I select to be, and I am pleased with that. Glad. I am glad as a result of that is who I’m. I am the man who does the strains that folks see on T-shirts, however nobody can quote the strains that they are saying in motion pictures. Watch my motion pictures to see how loopy I get, or to see what number of occasions I say “jerk.” No matter retains them on the sting of their seat.
Jackson’s newest movie, The Pianist, is now streaming on Netflix.
