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Samuel L. Jackson is looking at the Academy Awards with a fresh perspective.
Jackson, 75, did not mince words when sharing his thoughts about the coveted gong, saying Oscar nominations don’t mean much to him.
“We’ve been in the business long enough to know that when folks go, ‘It’s just an honor to be nominated.’ No, it ain’t,” Jackson told the Associated Press in a joint interview with his “The Piano Lesson” co-star Michael Potts.
“It’s an honor to win,” the “Pulp Fiction” actor said, adding that most people ultimately forget Oscar-nominated performances.
“You get nominated and folks go, ‘Yeah I remember that.’ Or most people forget,” he quipped.
The “Unbreakable” actor was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category at the 1995 Oscars for his role as Jules Winnfield in Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction.”
He ultimately lost out to Martin Landau for his role as Ed Wood in the 1994 film of the same name.
Jackson believed…
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