Is an Oscar nomination just an honor? “No, that’s not true,” says Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson has never minced his words, and the identical goes for Hollywood’s best honors.

“We’ve been in the industry long enough to know that when people leave, ‘it’s just an honor to be nominated (for an Oscar).’ No, it’s not,” Jackson said during a video interview with Related press while he and fellow actor Michael Potts promoted their current film, “The Piano Lesson.”

“It’s an honor,” he chuckled.

Of course, despite their stellar performances, most nominees don’t win, and Jackson says the so-called honor is quickly forgotten.

“You get nominated and people say, ‘Yeah, I remember that.’ Or most people forget,” he explained. “Basically, this is a competition you didn’t volunteer for. I didn’t take part in it to get fit. “Let me act out my scene so you can remember who I was.” They nominate you and other people ask, “What movie are you nominated for?” What is it called? And when it’s over, people could have a tough time remembering who ever won.

Since being nominated in 1995 for his memorable role in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, Jackson has develop into highest-grossing actor in Hollywood from 2024, but has not been nominated since then. In 2021, he received an honorary Oscar; in accordance with him, he “didn’t consider the award honorable at all” Hollywood reporter. In fact, he said, “I felt like I won an Oscar.”

“I deserved it. I worked for it,” he continued. “I can consider 4 other times where I could have won, must have won or must have been nominated,” he added, citing his role in Tarantino’s 1997 hit “Jackie Brown” as an example. “(B)nevertheless it doesn’t trouble me. This is mine. I understood. It has my name on it.