Samuel L. Jackson rejects Joe Rogan’s excuse for using N-word and defends Quentin Tarantino
The film academy will present honorary Oscars to Samuel L. Jackson, Elaine May and Liv Ullmann, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Danny Glover.
“All movies are valid. Some go to the cinema to be moved dearly. Some like superheroes. ... There are people who have had successful careers, but nobody can recite one line of their parts,” he said. “I’m the guy who says s— that’s on a T-shirt. “They should have an Oscar for the most popular movie,” he added. “Because that’s what the business is about.” When asked if an Oscar should be given to “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which made $1.8 billion and, Jackson wholeheartedly agreed: “They should! It did what movies did for ever — it got people to a big dark room.”
Jackson has appeared in scores of movies and has been Oscar nominated only for his turn in 1994’s “Pulp Fiction.” This year, he’s, which as The Times of London noted, is “a statuette given to stars who, awkwardly, never won an Oscar.” “But Oscars don’t move the comma on your check — it’s about getting asses in seats and I’ve done a good job of doing that,” Jackson said.
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