Samuel L. Jackson has a message for the Academy and it has nothing to do with the present drama surrounding the reformatted 94th Academy Awards telecast.
Instead, Jackson desires Oscar voters to know that he ought to have an Academy Award below his belt at this level in his profession.
Although Jackson is being recognised with an Honorary Oscar this yr, he is solely ever obtained one Oscar nomination: finest supporting actor in 1995 for his function in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction.
“I ought to have received that one,” Jackson lately instructed The LA Times about his Pulp Fiction Oscar nomination.
Jackson was nominated that yr in opposition to Martin Landau (Ed Wood), Chazz Palminteri (Bullets Over Broadway), Paul Scofield (Quiz Show) and Gary Sinise (Forrest Gump).
Landau was awarded the Oscar.
Jackson mentioned he missed out on one other Oscar for Jungle Fever, for which he wasn’t even nominated.
Two solid members from Bugsy broke into the race that yr to Jackson’s disbelief.
“My spouse and I went to see Bugsy,” Jackson mentioned. “Damn! They acquired nominated and I did not? I guess Black folks normally win for doing despicable shit on display.
“Like Denzel (Washington) for being a horrible cop in Training Day. All the good stuff he did in uplifting roles like Malcolm X? No – we’ll give it to this (expletive). So possibly I ought to have received one.
Samuel L. Jackson (proper) has solely ever obtained one Oscar nomination: finest supporting actor in 1995 for his function in Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Pulp Fiction’. Photo: Handout
But Oscars don’t transfer the comma in your cheque – it is about getting a**es in seats and I’ve performed a very good job of doing that.”
Jackson famous that the Oscars ought to shine a larger highlight on the movies that get “a**es in seats.”
The Academy tried and didn’t introduce a class for hottest movie in 2018, but Jackson is in full help of the concept.
The actor instructed that any yr’s highest-grossing film ought to be awarded an Oscar.
“They ought to have an Oscar for the preferred film. Because that is what the enterprise is about,” Jackson mentioned, including the Oscars “ought to” award Spider-Man: No Way Home this yr for grossing US$1.8bil (RM7.5bil) and counting worldwide.
“It did what films did endlessly – it acquired folks to a giant darkish room.”
“All films are legitimate,” Jackson mentioned. “Some go to the cinema to be moved dearly. Some like superheroes. If any person has extra butts on seats it simply means your viewers just isn’t as broad.
“There are individuals who have had profitable careers but no person can recite one line of their components. I’m the man who says s*** that is on a T-shirt.”
Jackson will obtain his Honorary Oscar on the 2022 Governors Awards on March 25, two days earlier than the Oscars telecast. – Reuters
