1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:16,770 --> 00:00:17,727 Oh, I love seeing myself on screen. 4 00:00:17,727 --> 00:00:20,490 That was the one thing about being a young actor on stage 5 00:00:20,490 --> 00:00:22,440 that I always wanted, I always wanted to see the plays 6 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,270 I was in with me in 'em, so this is 7 00:00:24,270 --> 00:00:26,100 the perfect venue for me. I don't have one of those, 8 00:00:26,100 --> 00:00:28,020 oh my God, I can't stand myself on screen. 9 00:00:28,020 --> 00:00:29,320 I love watching my movies. 10 00:00:35,340 --> 00:00:37,290 Samuel L. Jackson. 11 00:00:37,290 --> 00:00:40,563 Few names ring as synonymous with the world of cinema. 12 00:00:44,550 --> 00:00:47,910 An icon in Hollywood, one of the greatest actors 13 00:00:47,910 --> 00:00:49,953 to ever grace the silver screen. 14 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:52,740 Hey, if I don't wanna see me, 15 00:00:52,740 --> 00:00:54,690 I wouldn't expect you to pay to see me. 16 00:00:57,531 --> 00:01:00,300 I'm a professional. I show up at work on time. 17 00:01:00,300 --> 00:01:02,520 I know my lines, I hit my marks. 18 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:04,890 And I treat the other actors and the crew members 19 00:01:04,890 --> 00:01:06,093 with respect. 20 00:01:08,010 --> 00:01:10,080 With a work ethic like no other, 21 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:14,700 boasting a catalog of over 150 films, it's hard to doubt 22 00:01:14,700 --> 00:01:18,030 Jackson's status as one of the most important figures 23 00:01:18,030 --> 00:01:19,653 in cinema history. 24 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:28,590 I'm a college graduate. I'm a father, a husband, a son. 25 00:01:28,590 --> 00:01:30,870 I'm a good person with all that. I'm a citizen. 26 00:01:30,870 --> 00:01:33,840 I pay my taxes. I've never been arrested. 27 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,890 I believe in education. I believe in one's, you know, 28 00:01:37,890 --> 00:01:40,860 treating man the way you want man to treat you. 29 00:01:40,860 --> 00:01:44,520 Yeah, I'm a movie star- to you. To me, I'm just a guy 30 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:46,860 with an interesting job. You know, I don't wanna 31 00:01:46,860 --> 00:01:49,770 cut in line in front of you. I don't wanna, you know, 32 00:01:49,770 --> 00:01:52,380 lord it over you because you see me or I'm famous. 33 00:01:52,380 --> 00:01:54,690 I'm famous because you think I'm famous. 34 00:01:54,690 --> 00:01:56,700 From his badass characters 35 00:01:56,700 --> 00:01:58,797 to his iconic use of the word, 36 00:01:59,790 --> 00:02:02,340 Jackson has captured the hearts of film fans, 37 00:02:02,340 --> 00:02:07,340 the world over. However, even the most iconic figures 38 00:02:07,380 --> 00:02:09,029 have their struggles. 39 00:02:09,029 --> 00:02:10,887 What are you afraid of? 40 00:02:10,887 --> 00:02:12,124 Not going to work. 41 00:02:12,124 --> 00:02:12,957 Why? 42 00:02:12,957 --> 00:02:14,913 I don't wanna be broke again. 43 00:02:26,723 --> 00:02:30,420 Just finished "Captain Marvel." Here to start another film. 44 00:02:30,420 --> 00:02:32,370 So I'm a little busy. 45 00:02:32,370 --> 00:02:33,709 She's right. 46 00:02:33,709 --> 00:02:35,272 You are the hardest working man in Hollywood. 47 00:02:35,272 --> 00:02:38,114 Nah, I just try to keep going. 48 00:02:40,500 --> 00:02:42,810 Jackson got his start in acting in New York 49 00:02:42,810 --> 00:02:44,730 with the Negro Ensemble Company, 50 00:02:44,730 --> 00:02:47,490 a theater group set up to provide African American, 51 00:02:47,490 --> 00:02:49,440 African and Caribbean actors 52 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,533 with opportunities to showcase their talents on stage. 53 00:02:53,820 --> 00:02:56,070 I think I've always been a storyteller. I've always 54 00:02:56,070 --> 00:02:59,760 enjoyed exploring other places 55 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:01,710 and things and 56 00:03:01,710 --> 00:03:04,800 high adventure, which was the goal in the beginning, 57 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,650 I guess, to become the, you know, new Errol Flynn 58 00:03:07,650 --> 00:03:09,930 in my mind, when I was a kid, I wanted to jump 59 00:03:09,930 --> 00:03:11,760 from ship to ship with a dagger in my mouth 60 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,220 and sort of fight my way across the world. 61 00:03:14,220 --> 00:03:19,220 But getting into theater and discovering how to explore 62 00:03:19,650 --> 00:03:22,170 the human condition that there are, you know, 63 00:03:22,170 --> 00:03:23,610 a lot of different stories to tell 64 00:03:23,610 --> 00:03:26,490 and a lot of different ways to tell them. 65 00:03:26,490 --> 00:03:31,490 Experiencing the joy of creating something 66 00:03:31,590 --> 00:03:35,550 that's believable to an audience. And once I was able to 67 00:03:35,550 --> 00:03:37,680 sit in an audience and watch myself do it, 68 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,080 believe in myself while I was up there. 69 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:42,663 So it's just a burning desire to create. 70 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:45,480 The skills Jackson learned 71 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,363 as a young theater actor were invaluable. 72 00:03:51,752 --> 00:03:54,600 Well, when I get the script or once they tell me 73 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:58,050 I have the job and I pretty much signed on the dotted line, 74 00:03:58,050 --> 00:03:59,550 I sit at home and do all the things that I did 75 00:03:59,550 --> 00:04:00,870 when I was a young actor in the theater. 76 00:04:00,870 --> 00:04:03,240 I sit at home, I find out who the character is, 77 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,493 what his relationships are to the other people in the film. 78 00:04:06,493 --> 00:04:08,703 I do a biography form. If I don't have any information, 79 00:04:08,703 --> 00:04:11,010 I make up the stuff. If I have information, 80 00:04:11,010 --> 00:04:14,610 I use what's there and create a whole person that I can use 81 00:04:14,610 --> 00:04:16,600 that has experiences and brothers, sisters or whatever. 82 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:18,870 Yeah. And then I show up and kind of do it. 83 00:04:18,870 --> 00:04:23,373 That was a certain point that this wasn't part of my goal, 84 00:04:24,270 --> 00:04:26,170 I guess movie star or whatever, 85 00:04:26,170 --> 00:04:28,020 that I had totally forgotten about it. 86 00:04:28,020 --> 00:04:29,820 And I was immersed in theater 87 00:04:29,820 --> 00:04:31,680 and doing all these wonderful plays 88 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,500 and I had done a couple of Pulitzer Prize winning plays 89 00:04:34,500 --> 00:04:37,855 and worked with some directors that gave me insight 90 00:04:37,855 --> 00:04:40,560 and how to go deeper into a character 91 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,001 and how to relate to the stories 92 00:04:43,001 --> 00:04:45,823 and the people inside them in a different way. 93 00:04:45,823 --> 00:04:48,090 That the craft became so important to me 94 00:04:48,090 --> 00:04:50,610 that the result of the craft did not. 95 00:04:50,610 --> 00:04:54,780 So that when this happened it was just kinda like, okay. 96 00:04:54,780 --> 00:04:58,072 But you know, being able to figure out how to stay in it 97 00:04:58,072 --> 00:05:00,690 is the difficult part. Getting there, you know, 98 00:05:00,690 --> 00:05:02,940 a lot of people get a shot, you know, some people get 99 00:05:02,940 --> 00:05:06,210 two or three, but you gotta figure out a way to stay there 100 00:05:06,210 --> 00:05:09,360 and make yourself important to the product 101 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,520 and make yourself important to an audience. 102 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:13,720 And I think that's the most important thing. 103 00:05:14,730 --> 00:05:16,230 Having carved out his position 104 00:05:16,230 --> 00:05:17,160 as a theater actor 105 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:20,250 in the New York scene, Jackson found there was one thing 106 00:05:20,250 --> 00:05:22,350 holding him back from making the transition 107 00:05:22,350 --> 00:05:24,123 from stage to screen. 108 00:05:27,780 --> 00:05:28,613 You revealed recently that 109 00:05:28,613 --> 00:05:29,984 you had a stutter. 110 00:05:29,984 --> 00:05:31,710 Have a stutter. 111 00:05:31,710 --> 00:05:33,180 Have a stutter, still. 112 00:05:33,180 --> 00:05:36,000 Yeah, I guess when I'm doing characters, 113 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,130 my characters don't stutter so I don't have to 114 00:05:38,130 --> 00:05:40,671 worry about 'em. And it was funny 'cause 115 00:05:40,671 --> 00:05:45,064 when I was talking about it last week, I realized that 116 00:05:45,064 --> 00:05:49,920 I actually started to pretend to be people who didn't 117 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:53,550 stutter when I was very young so that I wouldn't stutter. 118 00:05:53,550 --> 00:05:55,950 That seemed to be the thing that would work for me. 119 00:05:55,950 --> 00:06:00,120 That I had to go back and stop and say, well, 120 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,760 where am I in the midst of all that? You know, 121 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,430 how many people have I created to cover this thing 122 00:06:05,430 --> 00:06:08,250 to the point that maybe I've gotten lost in who I am 123 00:06:08,250 --> 00:06:09,660 and I don't know. 124 00:06:09,660 --> 00:06:11,893 So do you still have days when you are on set where you're 125 00:06:11,893 --> 00:06:15,570 I still, oh yeah, yeah. I have days where you know, 126 00:06:15,570 --> 00:06:19,530 some days it's B, some days it's P, some days it's G 127 00:06:19,530 --> 00:06:22,560 and it all depends, you know? And I think probably 128 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,373 the worst one for me are sentences that begin with W. 129 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:30,720 I have W days a lot. So when I'm, so when the first thing 130 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:34,200 I have to say is what, when, why, or whatever, 131 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,870 depending upon the level of intensity 132 00:06:36,870 --> 00:06:38,355 and where we're trying to go, 133 00:06:38,355 --> 00:06:42,543 I'll get caught up with and it just gets me. 134 00:06:44,010 --> 00:06:46,255 Despite his stutter, in 1989, 135 00:06:46,255 --> 00:06:48,360 Jackson was given the opportunity 136 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:51,243 to work with one of the greatest directors in the world. 137 00:06:58,230 --> 00:07:00,663 The King of Brooklyn, Spike Lee. 138 00:07:03,322 --> 00:07:06,780 Can you see yourself still having 139 00:07:06,780 --> 00:07:10,263 the same passion to do such a seminal film again? 140 00:07:12,090 --> 00:07:13,353 To my last breath. 141 00:07:15,711 --> 00:07:19,770 Important thing for me is that people are getting to express 142 00:07:19,770 --> 00:07:23,200 themselves and getting a chance to 143 00:07:26,070 --> 00:07:27,040 work in their craft 144 00:07:28,410 --> 00:07:32,721 'cause that's something I've always been very mindful of, 145 00:07:32,721 --> 00:07:36,579 is that I'm gonna work in my craft, work in my craft, 146 00:07:36,579 --> 00:07:37,996 work in my craft. 147 00:07:41,610 --> 00:07:44,280 By 1989, Spike already had two 148 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,147 successful titles under his belt, 149 00:07:46,147 --> 00:07:48,747 "She's Gotta Have It", and "School Daze." 150 00:07:50,189 --> 00:07:53,610 Jackson was given the chance to work alongside Spike 151 00:07:53,610 --> 00:07:56,220 for the first time when he was cast for the role 152 00:07:56,220 --> 00:07:59,580 of Mister Señor Love Daddy in "Do the Right Thing," 153 00:07:59,580 --> 00:08:02,580 a film which severely underachieved at festivals, 154 00:08:02,580 --> 00:08:04,800 despite its good reviews. 155 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:07,006 From what you're saying, it doesn't matter 156 00:08:07,006 --> 00:08:08,670 to you whether one ever gets an Oscar or not. 157 00:08:08,670 --> 00:08:11,340 Well, I've come to that point. I mean, before there have 158 00:08:11,340 --> 00:08:15,663 been times, in Cannes, three times we felt we got robbed. 159 00:08:17,820 --> 00:08:18,653 In Cannes? 160 00:08:18,653 --> 00:08:19,807 In Cannes, "She's Gotta Have It", 161 00:08:19,807 --> 00:08:21,987 "Do the Right Thing" and "Jungle Fever." 162 00:08:22,830 --> 00:08:24,490 And we felt we deserve 163 00:08:26,651 --> 00:08:29,618 the best picture with "Do the Right Thing." 164 00:08:32,946 --> 00:08:35,894 Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up. 165 00:08:35,894 --> 00:08:38,760 Up you wake, up you wake, up you wake, up you wake. 166 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:42,210 This is Mister Señor Love Daddy, your voice of choice. 167 00:08:42,210 --> 00:08:45,480 The world's only 12 hour strong man on the air, 168 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:49,740 here on We Love Radio 108 FM, the last on your dial, 169 00:08:49,740 --> 00:08:53,490 but first in your hearts. And that's the truth, Ruth, 170 00:08:53,490 --> 00:08:56,144 here I am. Am I here? You know it, it you know, 171 00:08:56,144 --> 00:09:00,240 this is Mister Señor Love Daddy doing the nasty 172 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:03,420 to your ears. Your ears to the nasty, eyes only play 173 00:09:03,420 --> 00:09:05,860 the platters that matter. The matters they platter. 174 00:09:05,860 --> 00:09:08,523 And that's the truth, Ruth. 175 00:09:10,350 --> 00:09:12,982 Although the film didn't receive 176 00:09:12,982 --> 00:09:14,970 festival awards, it left a lasting impact on those 177 00:09:14,970 --> 00:09:18,120 that watched, helping Jackson to solidify his name 178 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,040 as a screen actor. 179 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,230 All those people lived together in Brooklyn. 180 00:09:22,230 --> 00:09:25,503 No really lived together and coexisted so that, you know, 181 00:09:25,503 --> 00:09:27,360 that film made a statement in New York 182 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:28,713 at a very critical time. 183 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:33,120 He filmed what he knew and what he felt 184 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,704 through the circumstances where he lived, 185 00:09:35,704 --> 00:09:39,510 but because it was a microcosm of so much 186 00:09:39,510 --> 00:09:41,560 of the rest of the country and the world. 187 00:09:44,580 --> 00:09:46,140 People thought it was so incendiary. 188 00:09:46,140 --> 00:09:50,280 It wasn't that incendiary. But he really did kind of break, 189 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:55,280 you know, open doors to lots of different, like filmmakers. 190 00:09:55,650 --> 00:09:58,600 Black films that black people and white people will go see. 191 00:10:03,496 --> 00:10:06,996 In 1988, Spike says he wanted an anthem, 192 00:10:07,860 --> 00:10:11,222 so in the winter of '88 while being on tour, 193 00:10:11,222 --> 00:10:13,787 I created the song and I was very surprised 194 00:10:13,787 --> 00:10:16,053 how Spike fitted that into the movie. 195 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:22,980 I've seen a movie about eight times. In the movie 196 00:10:22,980 --> 00:10:26,820 he said, wake up, you know, stop and, you know, Radio Raheem 197 00:10:26,820 --> 00:10:28,670 and whatnot. It was just showing that 198 00:10:29,550 --> 00:10:32,160 there's a different way and it's something you could take 199 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,500 into all aspects of your life. There's always a different, 200 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:37,623 more positive way, productive way to handle our problems. 201 00:10:42,450 --> 00:10:45,690 I knew one thing that it did, it motivated conversation 202 00:10:45,690 --> 00:10:49,800 whether pro or con. People spoke about whether they hated it 203 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,650 or loved it. And I suppose that's what makes 204 00:10:52,650 --> 00:10:54,840 an important movie. And I think that's what directors 205 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:58,230 and actors hopefully are hoping for. 206 00:10:58,230 --> 00:10:59,827 The cultural impact left by 207 00:10:59,827 --> 00:11:02,820 "Do the Right Thing" opened up a wealth of opportunities 208 00:11:02,820 --> 00:11:05,973 for Jackson. Even if there were only small roles. 209 00:11:07,170 --> 00:11:09,330 Jackson's next film, "Sea of Love," 210 00:11:09,330 --> 00:11:12,270 gave him the chance to work alongside Al Pacino. 211 00:11:12,270 --> 00:11:14,010 This was the first time in his career 212 00:11:14,010 --> 00:11:17,220 he was working alongside a big Hollywood star. 213 00:11:17,220 --> 00:11:20,850 Despite the experience gained on set, Jackson's small role 214 00:11:20,850 --> 00:11:23,789 was credited only as "Black guy" as he struggled 215 00:11:23,789 --> 00:11:26,760 to establish himself in a leading role. 216 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:29,280 In the 1990 film "Betsy's Wedding," 217 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:32,267 Jackson was credited as "Taxi Dispatcher". 218 00:11:32,267 --> 00:11:36,127 And in "The Exorcist III," Jackson's credit was simply 219 00:11:36,127 --> 00:11:37,647 "Dream Blind Man." 220 00:11:40,034 --> 00:11:44,640 However, the hard work paid off, when in 1990, 221 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:47,550 Jackson was cast to work with one of the greatest directors 222 00:11:47,550 --> 00:11:52,350 of all time with a number of already successful titles, 223 00:11:52,350 --> 00:11:56,100 including "Mean Streets," "Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull," 224 00:11:56,100 --> 00:11:58,200 and "The Last Temptation of Christ." 225 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:02,490 By 1990, Scorsese had already established himself 226 00:12:02,490 --> 00:12:05,313 as one of the greatest directors of our generation. 227 00:12:13,110 --> 00:12:17,850 Well, he is a kind of icon. I mean, he is the star really. 228 00:12:17,850 --> 00:12:20,613 You know, because he's Martin Scorsese. 229 00:12:25,020 --> 00:12:28,440 He's amazing, man. He'd seen everything I've ever done, 230 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:29,733 which was really weird. 231 00:12:30,660 --> 00:12:32,960 Films that, you know, like "Kitchen Toto" that 232 00:12:33,905 --> 00:12:35,660 I don't think more than three people would have seen even. 233 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:41,553 Cinema. 234 00:12:43,167 --> 00:12:44,767 For me, there's only one answer. 235 00:12:45,690 --> 00:12:47,253 Cinema is necessary. 236 00:12:50,370 --> 00:12:52,230 In the summer of 1989, 237 00:12:52,230 --> 00:12:55,050 Scorsese says he took on his biggest project yet, 238 00:12:55,050 --> 00:12:58,830 the biographical gangster film "Goodfellas," 239 00:12:58,830 --> 00:13:01,590 a project for which Jackson was fortunate enough 240 00:13:01,590 --> 00:13:02,733 to be cast in. 241 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:11,130 After the commercial success of "Goodfellas" 242 00:13:11,130 --> 00:13:14,730 grossing over 46.8 million domestically, 243 00:13:14,730 --> 00:13:16,890 Jackson was well on his way to becoming 244 00:13:16,890 --> 00:13:20,310 a leading Hollywood actor. However, like the characters 245 00:13:20,310 --> 00:13:23,463 in the film, Jackson, too, had his demons. 246 00:13:28,087 --> 00:13:30,111 I don't wanna be broke again. 247 00:13:30,111 --> 00:13:31,913 Be broke again. Broke again, broke again. 248 00:13:40,050 --> 00:13:44,220 We will also be armed and we will have rams 249 00:13:44,220 --> 00:13:47,760 to take down doors when we have the proper search warrant. 250 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:49,290 And we have our informants 251 00:13:49,290 --> 00:13:51,243 and we have our undercover operatives. 252 00:13:52,277 --> 00:13:56,550 And we will go wherever crack is being sold. 253 00:14:00,870 --> 00:14:04,920 This has reached epidemic proportions. 254 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,470 It is a crack epidemic which police say 255 00:14:07,470 --> 00:14:11,010 is causing an increase in murder and other violent crime, 256 00:14:11,010 --> 00:14:13,140 an epidemic with no end in sight. 257 00:14:13,140 --> 00:14:15,090 It's attractive to kids. It's attractive 258 00:14:15,090 --> 00:14:16,860 to a larger universe of people. 259 00:14:16,860 --> 00:14:18,450 You don't have to shoot it into your arms, 260 00:14:18,450 --> 00:14:20,310 so those people who are reluctant to put needles 261 00:14:20,310 --> 00:14:23,463 into their body can be drawn in. 262 00:14:26,310 --> 00:14:28,080 With the crack cocaine epidemic 263 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:31,470 raging through America, nobody was immune. 264 00:14:31,470 --> 00:14:33,690 And despite his early success, 265 00:14:33,690 --> 00:14:35,940 heroin, and later crack cocaine, 266 00:14:35,940 --> 00:14:37,773 became the norm for Jackson. 267 00:14:39,637 --> 00:14:40,800 And a recent survey shows 268 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:43,470 that over half those arrested for all crimes 269 00:14:43,470 --> 00:14:45,723 will now test positive for cocaine. 270 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:55,320 Having acted on drugs his whole career 271 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:58,890 to this point, Jackson stated, "I was a drug addict 272 00:14:58,890 --> 00:15:01,500 and I was out of my mind a lot of the time. 273 00:15:01,500 --> 00:15:04,650 But I had a good reputation. Showing up on time, 274 00:15:04,650 --> 00:15:06,867 knew my lines, hit my marks." 275 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:09,810 As a functioning drug addict, 276 00:15:09,810 --> 00:15:13,740 Jackson's turning point came in the early summer of 1990. 277 00:15:13,740 --> 00:15:16,230 While out for his friend Ruben Santiago Hudson's 278 00:15:16,230 --> 00:15:19,893 bachelor party, Jackson took it one step too far, 279 00:15:21,990 --> 00:15:25,680 stating that after the party he "went by the spot, copped, 280 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,269 went home, cooked the shit, and passed out before 281 00:15:28,269 --> 00:15:31,770 I had even smoked it, drunk. That's when my wife 282 00:15:31,770 --> 00:15:33,570 and daughter found me on the floor." 283 00:15:42,210 --> 00:15:44,550 It was at this point, Samuel's wife, 284 00:15:44,550 --> 00:15:47,940 LaTanya Richardson Jackson, gave him the ultimatum, 285 00:15:47,940 --> 00:15:49,953 finish rehab or lose her. 286 00:16:05,820 --> 00:16:08,610 The next day, Jackson was booked into a rehab center 287 00:16:08,610 --> 00:16:11,883 in upstate New York where his road to recovery began. 288 00:16:15,660 --> 00:16:20,660 Jackson spent 28 days in rehab, loathing every second of it. 289 00:16:20,850 --> 00:16:24,780 By the end of the 28 days, Jackson was revitalized 290 00:16:24,780 --> 00:16:27,300 with a new hunger and passion for acting, 291 00:16:27,300 --> 00:16:29,493 he was ready to conquer Hollywood. 292 00:16:31,230 --> 00:16:34,200 While in rehab, Jackson spent a lot of time on the phone 293 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,300 with longtime friend Spike Lee, 294 00:16:36,300 --> 00:16:38,640 trying to convince him to give him the supporting role 295 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,217 in his upcoming film, "Jungle Fever," 296 00:16:42,300 --> 00:16:44,797 wanting the role of Gator Purify, a crack addict 297 00:16:44,797 --> 00:16:47,580 whose habits tear his family apart. 298 00:16:47,580 --> 00:16:49,950 Jackson's family and counselors believed 299 00:16:49,950 --> 00:16:52,020 that handling drug paraphernalia 300 00:16:52,020 --> 00:16:53,970 and discussing the joys of crack 301 00:16:53,970 --> 00:16:55,620 would inevitably trigger him 302 00:16:55,620 --> 00:16:58,380 and send him right back into his addiction. 303 00:16:58,380 --> 00:17:02,160 Despite this, less than two weeks after Jackson left rehab, 304 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:04,650 he was working on "Jungle Fever." 305 00:17:04,650 --> 00:17:06,360 Skinny and detoxing, 306 00:17:06,360 --> 00:17:09,573 Jackson was ready to bring firsthand knowledge to the roll. 307 00:17:10,860 --> 00:17:13,170 I made this one up just for you. 308 00:17:13,170 --> 00:17:16,480 I paid a lot of money for these honey take, take it 309 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,773 for God's sake, please. 310 00:17:24,050 --> 00:17:26,407 I pray for you, my son. 311 00:17:26,407 --> 00:17:29,917 Father, I stretch my hands to thee, 312 00:17:29,917 --> 00:17:30,892 Oh! 313 00:17:30,892 --> 00:17:31,725 No, no! 314 00:17:40,983 --> 00:17:41,816 No! No! 315 00:17:44,430 --> 00:17:45,360 After filming, 316 00:17:45,360 --> 00:17:48,030 Jackson stated, "When my character died, 317 00:17:48,030 --> 00:17:51,237 it was almost like I was killing off that part of my life." 318 00:17:53,790 --> 00:17:56,820 Jackson's performance as the crack cocaine addict Gator 319 00:17:56,820 --> 00:17:59,760 in Spike Lee's "Jungle Fever" impressed the judges 320 00:17:59,760 --> 00:18:02,100 at Cannes so much that they created 321 00:18:02,100 --> 00:18:04,623 a Best Supporting Actor Award to honor him. 322 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:09,090 You know, I've been knocking around for a while 323 00:18:09,090 --> 00:18:11,055 and doing a lot of different things and you know, 324 00:18:11,055 --> 00:18:14,820 I had this running joke with my agent at the time. 325 00:18:14,820 --> 00:18:16,650 I would call her and say, you know, did Hollywood call? 326 00:18:16,650 --> 00:18:17,553 And she come, no. 327 00:18:18,420 --> 00:18:21,120 And "Jungle Fever" went to the Cannes Film Festival 328 00:18:21,120 --> 00:18:26,120 and they created a special performance award for me 329 00:18:27,407 --> 00:18:28,500 that's never been given to anybody else. 330 00:18:28,500 --> 00:18:32,910 And all of a sudden, Hollywood was calling and you know, 331 00:18:32,910 --> 00:18:33,750 everything changed. 332 00:18:33,750 --> 00:18:36,573 I got into doing bigger and better films. 333 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:40,230 Refreshed and revitalized, 334 00:18:40,230 --> 00:18:42,990 Jackson was ready to conquer Hollywood. 335 00:18:42,990 --> 00:18:46,020 Taking on his first lead roles in 1993, 336 00:18:46,020 --> 00:18:49,020 playing an LA cop in the comedy "Loaded Weapon" 337 00:18:49,020 --> 00:18:52,707 and acting alongside Nicholas Cage in "Amos & Andrew". 338 00:18:56,340 --> 00:18:59,640 In 1993, Jackson was once again given the chance 339 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:01,860 to work alongside one of the greatest directors 340 00:19:01,860 --> 00:19:05,430 of our generation, Quentin Tarantino, 341 00:19:05,430 --> 00:19:06,945 HBO. Can you tell us what it's like 342 00:19:06,945 --> 00:19:08,460 to work with Quentin Tarantino? 343 00:19:08,460 --> 00:19:10,893 Very relaxed, very untraditional, 344 00:19:12,900 --> 00:19:14,640 open to new ideas, 345 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:17,700 open improvisations, fun. 346 00:19:17,700 --> 00:19:20,077 Having already released a box office success 347 00:19:20,077 --> 00:19:22,410 "Reservoir Dogs" a year previous, 348 00:19:22,410 --> 00:19:25,320 Tarantino was one of the most talked about directors 349 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:28,683 in the world, revolutionizing independent cinema. 350 00:19:34,950 --> 00:19:36,240 What an amazing performance 351 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:37,650 and an amazing character. 352 00:19:37,650 --> 00:19:39,550 Some great lines you had to work with. 353 00:19:40,613 --> 00:19:41,446 Right? To consider. 354 00:19:41,446 --> 00:19:42,840 Who wrote the lines? 355 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:44,460 I didn't. 356 00:19:44,460 --> 00:19:46,350 Who wrote the part? I didn't. 357 00:19:46,350 --> 00:19:48,747 Who wrote the story? I didn't. 358 00:19:48,747 --> 00:19:53,253 So that puts things in the proper perspective. 359 00:19:54,660 --> 00:19:57,300 In 1993, Jackson was cast to play 360 00:19:57,300 --> 00:19:58,770 the role of Big Don 361 00:19:58,770 --> 00:20:02,517 in the Quentin Tarantino screenplay "True Romance," 362 00:20:03,990 --> 00:20:06,120 a film with a star studded cast 363 00:20:06,120 --> 00:20:08,613 like nothing Jackson had worked with before. 364 00:20:17,340 --> 00:20:19,590 It's when I saw it for the first time, I was like, God, 365 00:20:19,590 --> 00:20:20,730 this is like my life. 366 00:20:20,730 --> 00:20:21,870 None of that stuff ever happened to me. 367 00:20:21,870 --> 00:20:25,083 But it was like, this is like my life done is a big movie. 368 00:20:26,261 --> 00:20:28,653 It was just nutty. It was crazy. 369 00:20:37,140 --> 00:20:39,556 Working on a film written by 370 00:20:39,556 --> 00:20:40,389 Tarantino allowed Jackson 371 00:20:40,389 --> 00:20:42,840 to establish a relationship with the director, 372 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:45,693 a relationship that would prove fruitful for both. 373 00:21:07,620 --> 00:21:11,199 In 1992, off the back of the success of "Reservoir Dogs" 374 00:21:11,199 --> 00:21:14,460 and "True Romance," Tarantino began to write 375 00:21:14,460 --> 00:21:17,640 his next screenplay, "Pulp Fiction," 376 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:20,330 a film that would go on to earn cult status 377 00:21:20,330 --> 00:21:23,913 as one of the most significant films of its generation, 378 00:21:25,110 --> 00:21:29,407 earning nearly $108 million at the domestic box office, 379 00:21:29,407 --> 00:21:33,000 "Pulp Fiction" became the first independent film in history 380 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:34,893 to surpass $100 million, 381 00:21:36,330 --> 00:21:39,210 putting Jackson's name in the spotlight. 382 00:21:39,210 --> 00:21:41,106 Because when I told everyone 383 00:21:41,106 --> 00:21:42,291 that I was interviewing you, 384 00:21:42,291 --> 00:21:43,500 everyone just went "Pulp Fiction" and started quoting at me. 385 00:21:43,500 --> 00:21:44,830 Yeah. Some things I can't quote back to you, obviously. 386 00:21:44,830 --> 00:21:46,319 Yeah, of course. 387 00:21:46,319 --> 00:21:48,420 Do you think that that's the film 388 00:21:48,420 --> 00:21:50,645 most people recognize you from, or? 389 00:21:50,645 --> 00:21:52,578 It depends. 390 00:21:52,578 --> 00:21:53,530 It depends. 391 00:21:53,530 --> 00:21:54,596 It depends, yeah. 392 00:21:54,596 --> 00:21:56,310 Yeah. There's a certain, I guess, 393 00:21:56,310 --> 00:21:59,040 age group that identifies with "Pulp Fiction." 394 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:01,590 First time I saw it, I saw it on the biggest screen 395 00:22:01,590 --> 00:22:04,170 I'd ever seen in my life at the palle Cannes. 396 00:22:04,170 --> 00:22:05,820 At the film festival, 397 00:22:05,820 --> 00:22:08,485 Bruce Willis and I was sitting in the front row 398 00:22:08,485 --> 00:22:09,800 'cause we were shooting "Die Hard." 399 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:11,790 So we flew over and saw it for the first time together 400 00:22:11,790 --> 00:22:13,740 and I was blown away. 401 00:22:13,740 --> 00:22:16,560 And I knew immediately that the film was special 402 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,710 and that it would have a special meaning for people 403 00:22:19,710 --> 00:22:22,383 for a very, very, very long time to come. 404 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:27,570 The role of Jules Winnfield earned Jackson 405 00:22:27,570 --> 00:22:31,170 his first ever Academy Award nomination. 406 00:22:31,170 --> 00:22:33,618 Can we talk to you for one sec? 407 00:22:33,618 --> 00:22:36,750 No, you were great in "Pulp Fiction." 408 00:22:36,750 --> 00:22:38,298 Tell us, how was the night? 409 00:22:38,298 --> 00:22:40,069 Oh, I had a good time. 410 00:22:40,069 --> 00:22:42,120 We had a great time. John and I presented. 411 00:22:42,120 --> 00:22:43,487 We had a good time. 412 00:22:43,487 --> 00:22:48,487 Good seeing all your, the first time for me. It was good. 413 00:22:48,750 --> 00:22:51,233 What was the highlight of your first Oscar? 414 00:22:52,213 --> 00:22:53,046 Gosh. 415 00:22:53,046 --> 00:22:55,690 I guess going out there and presenting and being a plotter, 416 00:22:57,419 --> 00:22:58,252 when people seem to receive us very well. 417 00:22:59,241 --> 00:23:01,710 Being nominated for Best Actor in a 418 00:23:01,710 --> 00:23:05,820 Supporting Role, Jackson lost out narrowly to Martin Landau 419 00:23:05,820 --> 00:23:07,587 for his role in "Ed Wood." 420 00:23:10,230 --> 00:23:13,080 Jackson was now one of the most in demand names 421 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:14,013 in Hollywood. 422 00:23:17,041 --> 00:23:18,641 Wait, wait, wait, wait. 423 00:23:18,641 --> 00:23:21,240 Don't This one go. 424 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:22,290 Can you tell us what it's like to 425 00:23:22,290 --> 00:23:24,246 work with Quentin Tarantino? 426 00:23:24,246 --> 00:23:25,382 A lot of fun. 427 00:23:25,382 --> 00:23:27,270 Quite a bit of fun, but everybody always wants to know 428 00:23:27,270 --> 00:23:29,588 if I know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese 429 00:23:29,588 --> 00:23:34,588 in France and "Pulp Fiction," you know, has this wonderful 430 00:23:34,620 --> 00:23:38,710 quality about it that every year 431 00:23:38,710 --> 00:23:40,290 I gain, you know, 432 00:23:40,290 --> 00:23:42,840 somewhere between five and 10 million fans 433 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,610 because kids become of age 434 00:23:44,610 --> 00:23:46,830 and they're allowed to watch it for the first time. 435 00:23:46,830 --> 00:23:49,920 Or they've heard their brothers or somebody talk about it, 436 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:51,780 sisters talk about it and now they get to watch it 437 00:23:51,780 --> 00:23:53,220 and all of a sudden they think it's the coolest movie 438 00:23:53,220 --> 00:23:54,840 they've ever seen in their lives. 439 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:56,460 And I get a regeneration of fans, 440 00:23:56,460 --> 00:23:58,160 so it's kind of alright like that. 441 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:02,610 Despite not winning an award, 442 00:24:02,610 --> 00:24:05,760 Jackson's role as Jules Winnfield in "Pulp Fiction" 443 00:24:05,760 --> 00:24:08,640 will be remembered as one of the most iconic characters 444 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:12,633 in film history, elevating Jackson's career once again. 445 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,740 Jules, your character in "Pulp Fiction," 446 00:24:16,740 --> 00:24:19,414 is the ultimately cool bad guy, isn't he? 447 00:24:19,414 --> 00:24:21,930 I don't know, I guess he is to some people. 448 00:24:21,930 --> 00:24:23,190 To me, he's just a character. 449 00:24:23,190 --> 00:24:26,160 He was a guy, he had a job, he did his job a specific way. 450 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,950 He was a professional, he was good at his job. 451 00:24:28,950 --> 00:24:31,200 He was not distracted when he was doing his job. 452 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:34,860 That's why John Travolta got killed and I didn't 453 00:24:34,860 --> 00:24:36,603 'cause he got distracted. 454 00:24:37,519 --> 00:24:38,880 The path of the righteous man 455 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:41,310 is beset on all sides by the 456 00:24:41,310 --> 00:24:45,363 inequities of the selfish and the turret of evil men. 457 00:24:46,230 --> 00:24:51,150 Blessed is he who in the name of charity and Goodwill 458 00:24:51,150 --> 00:24:54,270 shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness 459 00:24:54,270 --> 00:24:55,590 for he is truly his 460 00:24:55,590 --> 00:24:59,880 brother's keeper and the finder of love too. 461 00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:04,110 And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance 462 00:25:04,110 --> 00:25:06,270 and furious anger 463 00:25:06,270 --> 00:25:10,920 those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. 464 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:13,540 And you'll know my name is the law 465 00:25:15,675 --> 00:25:17,823 when I lay my vengeance upon. 466 00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:23,310 After a successful festival circuit 467 00:25:23,310 --> 00:25:25,860 which saw "Pulp Fiction" winning an Academy Award 468 00:25:25,860 --> 00:25:28,953 for writing, Jackson's life was changing. 469 00:25:33,150 --> 00:25:34,530 Is it going to change your life at all, 470 00:25:34,530 --> 00:25:35,624 do you think? 471 00:25:35,624 --> 00:25:36,457 I don't know. 472 00:25:36,457 --> 00:25:37,620 You know, the last one changed my life 473 00:25:37,620 --> 00:25:39,150 and it was very distinct kind of way 474 00:25:39,150 --> 00:25:40,530 and my phone wouldn't stop ringing 475 00:25:40,530 --> 00:25:42,090 and we had to change our phone number 476 00:25:42,090 --> 00:25:44,490 and I went to a lot of strange, you know, 477 00:25:44,490 --> 00:25:47,100 luncheons and dinners with strange kind of tuna with dry 478 00:25:47,100 --> 00:25:48,630 and kind of tuna was dry 479 00:25:48,630 --> 00:25:50,506 and the stuff they put on it was wet. 480 00:25:50,506 --> 00:25:53,975 So my dietary habits changed very much. 481 00:25:53,975 --> 00:25:56,910 I guess I might get another kinda script. 482 00:25:56,910 --> 00:25:59,730 You know, things aren't gonna change that much. 483 00:25:59,730 --> 00:26:02,191 It's pretty constant now. 484 00:26:02,191 --> 00:26:05,220 You know, I get to read a lot of interesting things. 485 00:26:05,220 --> 00:26:07,440 Hopefully I've been doing the kind of work 486 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:11,039 that people think of as quality work for a while now 487 00:26:11,039 --> 00:26:14,490 and I don't plan on changing that. 488 00:26:14,490 --> 00:26:18,210 If I could get more and more scripts 489 00:26:18,210 --> 00:26:21,180 where the casting would be as colorblind 490 00:26:21,180 --> 00:26:22,590 as some of the other things that I read, 491 00:26:22,590 --> 00:26:23,940 that would be a good thing. 492 00:26:24,780 --> 00:26:26,910 But right now, you know, the quality of the work 493 00:26:26,910 --> 00:26:28,800 and the kind of people that I work with 494 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:29,970 seem to be a lot more important 495 00:26:29,970 --> 00:26:32,280 than the awards that come along with it. 496 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:34,140 Despite his high demand, 497 00:26:34,140 --> 00:26:37,113 Jackson's next films failed to impress. 498 00:26:41,070 --> 00:26:44,227 Appearing in box office flops, "Kiss of Death," 499 00:26:44,227 --> 00:26:47,097 "Losing Isaiah" and "The Great White Hype." 500 00:26:56,970 --> 00:26:59,340 With critics blasting his films, 501 00:26:59,340 --> 00:27:01,983 Jackson found himself in a career slump. 502 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,200 However, although Jackson's performances 503 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:11,910 weren't to critics liking, 504 00:27:11,910 --> 00:27:15,030 he appeared in eight films over a two year period, 505 00:27:15,030 --> 00:27:16,740 keeping active in ensuring 506 00:27:16,740 --> 00:27:18,933 he was ready for his next big break. 507 00:27:27,660 --> 00:27:29,160 You are a busy man. 508 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:30,415 You seem to be everywhere. 509 00:27:30,415 --> 00:27:33,390 Do you ever just say, wow, I need to take a break? 510 00:27:33,390 --> 00:27:34,920 Or what's going on with your career? 511 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:39,663 No. A lot of people around me say that, but I tend to. 512 00:27:39,663 --> 00:27:40,804 But you don't listen to 'em. 513 00:27:40,804 --> 00:27:42,398 No, I don't. I actually tend to think I'd, 514 00:27:42,398 --> 00:27:45,150 I get enough rest and relaxation. 515 00:27:45,150 --> 00:27:47,460 Most times when I'm on location, 516 00:27:47,460 --> 00:27:49,350 I have down days where I just don't do anything 517 00:27:49,350 --> 00:27:51,003 but play golf and that's okay. 518 00:27:51,898 --> 00:27:54,240 And when I'm home, it's a lot harder to work at home 519 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:55,413 than it is on the road. 520 00:27:56,340 --> 00:27:59,520 But I'm not thinking about taking a break. 521 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:02,040 If I was to ask you about what you do 522 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:02,873 as an actor, 523 00:28:02,873 --> 00:28:05,220 I want to ask you what you do when you're not acting. 524 00:28:05,220 --> 00:28:06,810 What do I do when I'm not acting? 525 00:28:06,810 --> 00:28:09,360 I watch movies. 526 00:28:09,360 --> 00:28:10,800 Okay, when you're not watching movies? 527 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:12,210 What else do you do? 528 00:28:12,210 --> 00:28:13,863 Read books, play golf. 529 00:28:14,820 --> 00:28:15,653 A lot. 530 00:28:17,790 --> 00:28:19,080 Although Jackson's schedule 531 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:21,120 is busier than all of his peers, 532 00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:24,933 he has always found time for his second passion, golf. 533 00:28:25,933 --> 00:28:28,637 I'm an avid golfer, let's put it that way. 534 00:28:28,637 --> 00:28:30,990 Don't, don't you make 535 00:28:30,990 --> 00:28:32,280 sure you get time scheduled 536 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:34,770 out of filming to have a round of golf. 537 00:28:34,770 --> 00:28:36,390 I have a strange clause in my contract 538 00:28:36,390 --> 00:28:37,770 that says I have to play twice a week 539 00:28:37,770 --> 00:28:39,733 and they have to pay for it. 540 00:28:39,733 --> 00:28:40,648 Why not? You have. 541 00:28:40,648 --> 00:28:41,481 Yeah. 542 00:28:41,481 --> 00:28:42,750 As well as having it written 543 00:28:42,750 --> 00:28:44,550 into his working contracts, 544 00:28:44,550 --> 00:28:47,880 Jackson has used golf to help multiple charity events, 545 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:49,920 supporting those that are less fortunate. 546 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:51,570 Just some of the celebrities 547 00:28:51,570 --> 00:28:53,790 in this shooting styles benefit 548 00:28:53,790 --> 00:28:55,200 at Wentworth Golf course, 549 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:58,110 which includes the likes of Colin Montgomery. 550 00:28:58,110 --> 00:28:59,880 Lovely shot. Now don't go in there. 551 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:00,810 Jessie Metcal. 552 00:29:00,810 --> 00:29:02,160 It's been rough for us all, 553 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:03,240 but I'll get it there eventually. 554 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:04,980 And Michael Bolton, 555 00:29:04,980 --> 00:29:06,480 they're all here at the request 556 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:09,060 of Mr. Jackson or Sam to his friends, 557 00:29:09,060 --> 00:29:12,000 who's hosting the event to raise money for charity. 558 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,183 We try and find people that enjoy the game 559 00:29:14,183 --> 00:29:17,163 and get them to come and have fun with, you know, 560 00:29:17,163 --> 00:29:18,960 just some guys that wanna meet 'em 561 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,270 and kinda laugh at the way we play. 562 00:29:21,270 --> 00:29:22,260 Surely no one's gonna laugh 563 00:29:22,260 --> 00:29:23,100 at the way you play. 564 00:29:23,100 --> 00:29:24,720 They might. 565 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:25,740 I haven't played in a few days. 566 00:29:25,740 --> 00:29:28,770 So plus, it's important that we give back 567 00:29:28,770 --> 00:29:31,350 to the community at large and do as much as we can 568 00:29:31,350 --> 00:29:33,000 for people who aren't as fortunate as we are 569 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,893 or people who have needs. 570 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,000 So what is it about this industry 571 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,500 that you love the most and that you hate the most? 572 00:29:48,967 --> 00:29:53,550 Well, I love the fact that I'm able to choose the jobs 573 00:29:53,550 --> 00:29:56,730 that I'm doing now and that I am acting 574 00:29:56,730 --> 00:29:58,290 and doing that stuff. 575 00:29:58,290 --> 00:30:01,291 I hate the part that's the politics 576 00:30:01,291 --> 00:30:05,670 of trying to convince people that I am still the guy 577 00:30:05,670 --> 00:30:07,140 that they need to put in their films. 578 00:30:07,140 --> 00:30:09,490 You know, that hadn't changed very much at all. 579 00:30:17,940 --> 00:30:20,580 In 1997, Jackson was once again 580 00:30:20,580 --> 00:30:21,600 given the opportunity 581 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:24,930 to work with Quentin Tarantino when he was cast to play 582 00:30:24,930 --> 00:30:27,327 Ordell Robbie in "Jackie Brown." 583 00:30:28,650 --> 00:30:31,410 Well, it's always great to be on a Tarantino set. 584 00:30:31,410 --> 00:30:35,088 He brings a lot of enthusiasm to the cast, the crew, 585 00:30:35,088 --> 00:30:38,340 to the neighborhoods that we're working in 586 00:30:38,340 --> 00:30:39,360 'cause it was his neighborhood 587 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:40,950 and he was anxious to show us, you know, 588 00:30:40,950 --> 00:30:42,429 this is where I grew up. 589 00:30:42,429 --> 00:30:44,430 This is Carson, this is the Del Amo Mall. 590 00:30:44,430 --> 00:30:46,500 So it was great, you know, 591 00:30:46,500 --> 00:30:48,720 just kind of being around and being fun 592 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:51,390 and he still listens to the stuff, 593 00:30:51,390 --> 00:30:52,617 laughs out loud in the middle of a take 594 00:30:52,617 --> 00:30:54,090 and you have to start over. 595 00:30:54,090 --> 00:30:58,140 So it's just a joy to be there. 596 00:30:58,140 --> 00:31:01,500 And the fun that we have consequently transfers, 597 00:31:01,500 --> 00:31:02,460 I think, to the screen. 598 00:31:02,460 --> 00:31:03,780 So when you watch it, 599 00:31:03,780 --> 00:31:05,520 you're seeing people who are really enjoying 600 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:07,170 being themselves and having a great time. 601 00:31:07,170 --> 00:31:09,693 Nothing gets between me and my AK. 602 00:31:11,130 --> 00:31:12,360 And this here's the Chinese model 603 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:16,020 I get 'em for eight 50. 604 00:31:16,020 --> 00:31:18,436 Grab that for me. Would you baby? 605 00:31:18,436 --> 00:31:20,700 You know it's for you. 606 00:31:20,700 --> 00:31:23,908 Girl, don't make me put my foot in your ass. 607 00:31:23,908 --> 00:31:25,110 The AK 47 is the most popular assault 608 00:31:25,110 --> 00:31:27,236 rifle in the world. 609 00:31:27,236 --> 00:31:28,131 This is the Chinese model, 610 00:31:28,131 --> 00:31:29,831 you can tell by the extra ribbing. 611 00:31:33,450 --> 00:31:35,528 Hello, it's for you. 612 00:31:41,850 --> 00:31:43,380 Jackson earned a best actor 613 00:31:43,380 --> 00:31:45,180 Silver Bear at the Berlin Film 614 00:31:45,180 --> 00:31:47,910 Festival for his role in Jackie Brown. 615 00:31:47,910 --> 00:31:51,000 As well as the invaluable experience gained from working 616 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:54,180 alongside someone with the stature of two T]time Academy 617 00:31:54,180 --> 00:31:56,793 Award-winning actor Robert De Niro. 618 00:31:58,830 --> 00:32:02,700 Samuel L. Jackson was back and ready to take on one of the 619 00:32:02,700 --> 00:32:04,443 biggest roles in his career. 620 00:32:06,660 --> 00:32:08,550 In America, people were queuing for tickets 621 00:32:08,550 --> 00:32:10,627 more than a month before the film opened. 622 00:32:10,627 --> 00:32:13,920 "The Phantom Menace" took more than 60 million pounds in its 623 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:17,550 first five days. Following tonight's royal premiere attended 624 00:32:17,550 --> 00:32:18,540 by Prince Charles, 625 00:32:18,540 --> 00:32:21,272 the film opens in Britain tomorrow and will be showing in 626 00:32:21,272 --> 00:32:25,278 some 500 cinemas up and down the country by the weekend. 627 00:32:25,278 --> 00:32:28,137 I figured it'd be one little movie and that would be it. 628 00:32:28,137 --> 00:32:29,580 And it just grew. 629 00:32:29,580 --> 00:32:32,790 He thought he might well have a big failure on his hands. 630 00:32:32,790 --> 00:32:35,670 And when the executives in Hollywood first saw it, 631 00:32:35,670 --> 00:32:38,673 they decided that it might be better to cut it up and make, 632 00:32:38,673 --> 00:32:42,120 make it into a children's TV cereal for Saturday mornings. 633 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:43,740 That's how much confidence they had in it. 634 00:32:43,740 --> 00:32:45,930 With episode one, I said, well, 635 00:32:45,930 --> 00:32:47,220 it's gonna be about a nine year old boy. 636 00:32:47,220 --> 00:32:49,200 Everybody thought I was crazy and if I was doing it for a 637 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,468 studio, I know they would never have let me do that. 638 00:32:51,468 --> 00:32:53,918 People were very nervous that it was gonna fail, 639 00:32:53,918 --> 00:32:57,870 so it wasn't a slam dunk or anything, but it did. 640 00:32:57,870 --> 00:33:00,300 You know that one did very well at the box office. 641 00:33:00,300 --> 00:33:03,293 And then they've all done well at the box office. 642 00:33:03,293 --> 00:33:06,300 So now I can put them together and say it's one movie and it 643 00:33:06,300 --> 00:33:08,790 should be thought of as one movie. 644 00:33:08,790 --> 00:33:10,500 It's got these wonderful special effects. 645 00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:11,550 That's one thing, 646 00:33:11,550 --> 00:33:13,320 but much more important than that. 647 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:15,750 Unlike a lot of the special effects movies these days, 648 00:33:15,750 --> 00:33:17,820 it's got a lot of character and charm. 649 00:33:17,820 --> 00:33:20,280 It's got characters everybody remembers, 650 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:22,350 it's got heroes and villains. 651 00:33:22,350 --> 00:33:24,870 It's like a piece of mythology. And you know, 652 00:33:24,870 --> 00:33:27,120 that's one thing Hollywood seems to have lost now. 653 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:30,540 They make these huge great movies with all state of the 654 00:33:30,540 --> 00:33:31,530 art special effects, 655 00:33:31,530 --> 00:33:34,230 but they forget about character and they forget about charm. 656 00:33:34,230 --> 00:33:35,670 Well, George Lucas didn't. 657 00:33:35,670 --> 00:33:37,452 This is actually phenomenal. 658 00:33:37,452 --> 00:33:39,933 As advanced bookings go. 659 00:33:43,860 --> 00:33:45,270 In 1999, 660 00:33:45,270 --> 00:33:49,050 Jackson was given one of his biggest opportunities to date 661 00:33:49,050 --> 00:33:52,890 a chance to work with George Lucas and be part of the global 662 00:33:52,890 --> 00:33:55,317 phenomenon, "Star Wars." 663 00:33:57,990 --> 00:34:00,510 Well, we always want to do things in our careers 664 00:34:00,510 --> 00:34:01,860 that will be remembered. 665 00:34:01,860 --> 00:34:04,890 And you never know what that will be or if that opportunity 666 00:34:04,890 --> 00:34:07,839 will present itself. This is kinda like a guarantee. 667 00:34:07,839 --> 00:34:09,963 So I'm really pleased to be a part of it. 668 00:34:15,790 --> 00:34:17,287 But I had an opportunity to say, 669 00:34:17,287 --> 00:34:18,780 "may the force be with you." 670 00:34:18,780 --> 00:34:20,430 That's a great moment. 671 00:34:20,430 --> 00:34:22,260 It's, it's something that, you know, 672 00:34:22,260 --> 00:34:23,760 you never think you'll say. 673 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,640 It's something that when you're sitting in a theater, 674 00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:30,480 when you're a young actor you wish for and it's like a dream 675 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,493 come true. So I'm really happy to be. 676 00:34:33,570 --> 00:34:35,407 Playing the role of Mace Windu, 677 00:34:35,407 --> 00:34:38,010 "Star Wars" would take Jackson's career 678 00:34:38,010 --> 00:34:39,873 to a whole new galaxy. 679 00:34:46,620 --> 00:34:48,120 Master Windu. 680 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,720 I take it General Grievance has been destroyed then. 681 00:34:51,720 --> 00:34:54,660 I must say you're here sooner than expected. 682 00:34:54,660 --> 00:34:57,990 In the name of the galactic Senate of the Republic, 683 00:34:57,990 --> 00:34:59,970 you're under arrest, Chancellor. 684 00:34:59,970 --> 00:35:02,400 Are you threatening me, Master Jedi? 685 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,150 The Senate will decide your fate. 686 00:35:05,154 --> 00:35:06,510 I am the Senate. 687 00:35:06,510 --> 00:35:07,593 Not yet. 688 00:35:11,850 --> 00:35:13,920 Jackson went on to play Mace Windu 689 00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,590 in three live action "Star Wars" films, 690 00:35:16,590 --> 00:35:19,260 the "Phantom Menace," "Attack of the Clones," 691 00:35:19,260 --> 00:35:22,560 and "Revenge of the Sith" solidifying his name 692 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:23,883 in the franchise. 693 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:27,720 After the success of "Star Wars" 694 00:35:27,720 --> 00:35:29,550 Jackson had put his name on 695 00:35:29,550 --> 00:35:33,090 the map, appearing in multiple box office hits, 696 00:35:33,090 --> 00:35:35,557 including "Kill Bill, Volume Two," 697 00:35:35,557 --> 00:35:38,157 "Coach Carter" and "The Incredibles." 698 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:42,120 It's fantastic. I mean, 699 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:45,120 Sam Jackson's one of our greatest actors alive. 700 00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:50,120 So he, the world is, you know, in his, the palm of his hand. 701 00:35:50,580 --> 00:35:53,073 Anything is possible for Sam Jackson. 702 00:35:54,930 --> 00:35:56,827 Renowned by critics worldwide, 703 00:35:56,827 --> 00:35:59,400 "The Incredibles" would become timeless 704 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,743 being watched by all generations. 705 00:36:03,570 --> 00:36:08,460 That movie gets seen by people that have kids, 706 00:36:08,460 --> 00:36:11,010 their kids get older, then their grandkids or their 707 00:36:12,105 --> 00:36:13,096 nieces and nephews, whatever the, 708 00:36:13,096 --> 00:36:18,096 the first movie was often in somebody's house 709 00:36:19,445 --> 00:36:20,820 over those 14 years. 710 00:36:20,820 --> 00:36:23,340 So in a way it was like the movie didn't go away, 711 00:36:23,340 --> 00:36:26,077 like maybe a traditional movie might. 712 00:36:26,077 --> 00:36:28,770 "The Incredibles" is a movie that gets reintroduced 713 00:36:28,770 --> 00:36:30,513 when young ones are around. 714 00:36:33,795 --> 00:36:34,719 Honey? 715 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:35,552 What? 716 00:36:35,552 --> 00:36:36,750 Where's my super suit? 717 00:36:36,750 --> 00:36:37,734 What? 718 00:36:37,734 --> 00:36:39,817 Where is my super suit? 719 00:36:40,810 --> 00:36:42,874 I uh, put it away. 720 00:36:42,874 --> 00:36:43,800 Where?! 721 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:45,930 Why do you need to know? 722 00:36:45,930 --> 00:36:46,763 I need it. 723 00:36:46,763 --> 00:36:48,019 Uhuh. Don't you think about running off 724 00:36:48,019 --> 00:36:50,820 and doing no daring do, we've been planning this 725 00:36:50,820 --> 00:36:51,930 dinner for two months. 726 00:36:51,930 --> 00:36:53,066 The public is in danger. 727 00:36:53,066 --> 00:36:54,113 My evening's in danger! 728 00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:56,670 Tell me what my suit is woman! 729 00:36:56,670 --> 00:36:58,313 We are talking about the greater good! 730 00:36:58,313 --> 00:37:00,297 Greater good? I am your wife. 731 00:37:00,297 --> 00:37:03,937 I'm the greatest good you're ever gonna get. 732 00:37:03,937 --> 00:37:06,437 "The Incredibles" would go on to make 733 00:37:07,651 --> 00:37:09,720 631 million at the box office worldwide 734 00:37:09,720 --> 00:37:13,860 as well as becoming Jackson's highest ever rated film. 735 00:37:13,860 --> 00:37:16,980 Voicing the fan favorite character, Frozone, 736 00:37:16,980 --> 00:37:20,280 Jackson's career had reached an all time high 737 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:24,120 allowing him to choose the projects he's most interested in. 738 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:27,150 Having acted across some of the biggest film franchises in 739 00:37:27,150 --> 00:37:28,080 the world, 740 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,835 Jackson took a different path when in 2006 he took on the 741 00:37:30,835 --> 00:37:35,835 leading role in David Ellis's "Snakes on a Plane." 742 00:37:35,910 --> 00:37:36,743 There was no script. I don't, 743 00:37:36,743 --> 00:37:38,700 I don't even know if there was a script when I, 744 00:37:38,700 --> 00:37:39,840 when I agreed to do it, I, 745 00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:42,510 I actually kind saw that a friend of mine was directing a 746 00:37:42,510 --> 00:37:43,740 film called "Snakes on a Plane," 747 00:37:43,740 --> 00:37:45,909 and I emailed him to see what it was and he told me it was 748 00:37:45,909 --> 00:37:47,439 poisonous snakes loose on a plane and, oh wow, 749 00:37:47,439 --> 00:37:49,740 can I be in that? 750 00:37:49,740 --> 00:37:50,790 He was like, you really wanna be in this? 751 00:37:50,790 --> 00:37:52,767 I'm like, I wanna be in the movie. 752 00:37:52,767 --> 00:37:54,240 So that's how it happened. 753 00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:56,430 Well that's the, that's the thing. I mean the, 754 00:37:56,430 --> 00:37:58,980 the title is what got me and I'm sure it's what got all 755 00:37:58,980 --> 00:38:01,401 those people on the net that when you hear that name you 756 00:38:01,401 --> 00:38:04,293 have a very clear picture of what that is. 757 00:38:10,260 --> 00:38:12,060 We had to be pretty fast moving because the snakes 758 00:38:12,060 --> 00:38:13,560 in this film are actually snakes that have been 759 00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:14,490 sprayed with pheromone. 760 00:38:14,490 --> 00:38:17,850 So they're pretty aggressive and vicious. 761 00:38:17,850 --> 00:38:19,650 Kinda like snakes on crack. 762 00:38:19,650 --> 00:38:21,660 Earning cult status amongst fans 763 00:38:21,660 --> 00:38:24,300 months before release, "Snakes on a Plane" 764 00:38:24,300 --> 00:38:26,643 saw an internet frenzy like no other. 765 00:38:28,350 --> 00:38:29,580 Unusually for a new film. 766 00:38:29,580 --> 00:38:32,010 And perhaps to maintain the internet frenzy, 767 00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:34,842 no critic has been allowed a preview of the film. 768 00:38:34,842 --> 00:38:36,540 Everyone, everyone has had to buy their tickets 769 00:38:36,540 --> 00:38:37,590 and wait in line. 770 00:38:37,590 --> 00:38:39,720 You could kind of tell that it was written on the internet 771 00:38:39,720 --> 00:38:42,270 'cause it's pretty crazy. 772 00:38:42,270 --> 00:38:44,370 It's the most unusual film I've ever seen. It's great. 773 00:38:44,370 --> 00:38:47,978 You've got action, Samuel L. Jackson, nudity. 774 00:38:47,978 --> 00:38:49,920 What more can you want? 775 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:51,750 It could possibly be a pheromone. 776 00:38:51,750 --> 00:38:53,610 That's what female animals release a trigger mating 777 00:38:53,610 --> 00:38:54,443 behavior. 778 00:38:54,443 --> 00:38:57,990 It could also provoke serious hyper aggression like some 779 00:38:57,990 --> 00:38:59,430 kind of drug. 780 00:38:59,430 --> 00:39:01,110 Well that's good news. 781 00:39:01,110 --> 00:39:03,150 Snakes on crack. 782 00:39:03,150 --> 00:39:04,980 The film would go on to receive mixed 783 00:39:04,980 --> 00:39:06,300 reviews from critics. 784 00:39:06,300 --> 00:39:09,450 However, like most projects Jackson works on, 785 00:39:09,450 --> 00:39:13,770 it has a timeless quality that has stood the test of time. 786 00:39:13,770 --> 00:39:17,700 By 2008, Jackson was one of the biggest names in Hollywood. 787 00:39:17,700 --> 00:39:20,913 Having worked with the most renowned directors in the world. 788 00:39:24,090 --> 00:39:27,450 In 2002, Jackson gave Marvel permission to use his 789 00:39:27,450 --> 00:39:30,390 likeness in their comic book version of Nick Fury. 790 00:39:30,390 --> 00:39:32,040 Nearly seven years later, 791 00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:34,743 he had signed a nine picture deal with Disney. 792 00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:38,730 When you first got the call 793 00:39:38,730 --> 00:39:40,950 back in the day for Nick Fury, 794 00:39:40,950 --> 00:39:43,432 what was your reaction? Did you go, who? 795 00:39:43,432 --> 00:39:44,340 I didn't get the call. 796 00:39:44,340 --> 00:39:45,810 I kind of made the call. 797 00:39:45,810 --> 00:39:46,650 Did you? 798 00:39:46,650 --> 00:39:47,704 Well, yeah, 799 00:39:47,704 --> 00:39:50,190 I was in a comic bookstore and I looked and knows my face on 800 00:39:50,190 --> 00:39:52,080 this Nick Fury guy and him saying, 801 00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:52,950 well if they make a movie, 802 00:39:52,950 --> 00:39:55,140 I want Samuel Little Jackson to play me in this movie. 803 00:39:55,140 --> 00:39:58,080 So I had to call my agent and my manager and go, 804 00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:00,510 did I give somebody permission to use my image in the comic 805 00:40:00,510 --> 00:40:01,840 book? They were like, what are you talking about? 806 00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:04,500 And I told him and they called Marvel and Marvel was like, 807 00:40:04,500 --> 00:40:08,250 oh, well, you know, we were hoping if we make these movies, 808 00:40:08,250 --> 00:40:09,083 he would do it. 809 00:40:16,950 --> 00:40:19,440 Yeah, I have an extended appearance in the Avengers. 810 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:21,656 I kind of bring 'em all together and we all kind of get into 811 00:40:21,656 --> 00:40:25,020 it together and fight to save the world. 812 00:40:25,020 --> 00:40:27,270 And you seem a bit of a badass in this. 813 00:40:27,270 --> 00:40:28,103 A bit, Yeah. 814 00:40:28,103 --> 00:40:31,443 You, you finally get to see exactly who Nick Fury is, yeah. 815 00:40:32,924 --> 00:40:33,900 So you're gearing up your 816 00:40:33,900 --> 00:40:37,256 obviously a spinoff, or Avengers, or, or what? 817 00:40:37,256 --> 00:40:39,283 I had a nine picture deal. 818 00:40:39,283 --> 00:40:41,790 I mean, you know, you got no more about the news than I do. 819 00:40:41,790 --> 00:40:43,020 I got a nine picture deal. 820 00:40:43,020 --> 00:40:44,550 Eventually I gotta make all nine of 'em 821 00:40:44,550 --> 00:40:46,710 or they're gonna kill me. So I gotta make 'em. 822 00:40:46,710 --> 00:40:47,820 I don't know what they are. 823 00:40:47,820 --> 00:40:50,483 I'll be part of Downey's not gonna leave me. He'll be, 824 00:40:50,483 --> 00:40:53,580 I'm not, I'm not in "Thor." 825 00:40:53,580 --> 00:40:56,100 I'm probably in "Captain America" and you know, 826 00:40:56,100 --> 00:40:58,200 so there's stuff coming in the Avengers. 827 00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:00,787 The Avengers will eventually show up. 828 00:41:00,787 --> 00:41:02,550 Okay great. Thanks guys. 829 00:41:02,550 --> 00:41:03,930 Jarvis. 830 00:41:03,930 --> 00:41:05,003 Welcome homes. 831 00:41:09,116 --> 00:41:10,449 I am Iron Man. 832 00:41:11,970 --> 00:41:14,910 You think you're the only superhero in the world? 833 00:41:14,910 --> 00:41:18,090 Mr. Stark, you become part of a bigger universe. 834 00:41:18,090 --> 00:41:19,803 You just don't know it yet. 835 00:41:20,707 --> 00:41:22,620 Who the hell are you? 836 00:41:22,620 --> 00:41:25,256 Nick Fury, director of Shield. 837 00:41:25,256 --> 00:41:29,463 I'm here to talk to you about the Avenger initiative. 838 00:41:34,350 --> 00:41:36,360 The success of the Avengers films 839 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:38,632 helped the "Marvel Cinematic Universe" gain the status 840 00:41:38,632 --> 00:41:42,330 of the highest grossing film franchise of all time. 841 00:41:42,330 --> 00:41:46,650 Meaning that Jackson had now played major roles in the top 842 00:41:46,650 --> 00:41:49,020 two highest grossing franchises, 843 00:41:49,020 --> 00:41:52,980 the "Marvel Cinematic Universe" and "Star Wars." 844 00:41:52,980 --> 00:41:56,370 In 2012, Jackson took on the role of Stephen, 845 00:41:56,370 --> 00:42:00,067 a loyal house slave in Quentin Tarantino's Western drama, 846 00:42:00,067 --> 00:42:04,143 "Django Unchained." A film that wasn't short of controversy. 847 00:42:04,980 --> 00:42:06,033 He wants that girl. 848 00:42:07,203 --> 00:42:09,570 Stephen. 849 00:42:09,570 --> 00:42:11,430 What the hell you talking about? Hm? 850 00:42:11,430 --> 00:42:14,483 They playing yo ass for fool what I'm talking about. 851 00:42:14,483 --> 00:42:19,230 They ain't here for no muscle bound Jimmy. 852 00:42:19,230 --> 00:42:21,032 They here for that girl. 853 00:42:21,032 --> 00:42:23,520 What? What girl? What? Hildy? 854 00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:27,333 Yeah, Hildy. Her and Django? Them niggas know each other. 855 00:42:29,070 --> 00:42:31,140 He he just bought Eskimo Joe out. 856 00:42:31,140 --> 00:42:32,370 Did he give you any money? 857 00:42:32,370 --> 00:42:33,510 No, not yet. But they-- 858 00:42:33,510 --> 00:42:34,740 Then he ain't ball didly. 859 00:42:34,740 --> 00:42:35,793 Not yet, no how. 860 00:42:36,664 --> 00:42:38,040 An absolutely phenomenal film. 861 00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:39,390 I have to say, and I'm sorry to say this, 862 00:42:39,390 --> 00:42:41,598 but I couldn't stand your character in the film. 863 00:42:41,598 --> 00:42:42,431 Thank you. 864 00:42:42,431 --> 00:42:43,590 Did you hate your character, too? 865 00:42:43,590 --> 00:42:46,174 No. I love Stephen every day. 866 00:42:46,174 --> 00:42:48,673 How did you even, you know, 867 00:42:48,673 --> 00:42:51,750 go forward in kind of even, 868 00:42:51,750 --> 00:42:53,100 you know, I didn't know, embracing him. 869 00:42:53,100 --> 00:42:56,370 He kinda embraced the fact that Stephen's sort of the 870 00:42:56,370 --> 00:42:59,250 freest slave in the history of slavery. 871 00:42:59,250 --> 00:43:04,250 And he has a way of life that's kind of comfortable for him. 872 00:43:05,130 --> 00:43:08,291 Slavery's been going on for a pretty good while. 873 00:43:08,291 --> 00:43:10,115 He thinks its gonna go on forever. 874 00:43:10,115 --> 00:43:10,980 So he's trying to find his way to be as comfortable 875 00:43:10,980 --> 00:43:12,570 as he can in it. 876 00:43:12,570 --> 00:43:14,760 And there's a lot of controversy surrounding this film. 877 00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:16,504 Do you think it's justified? 878 00:43:16,504 --> 00:43:18,090 No. 879 00:43:18,090 --> 00:43:20,100 Amid the release of "Django Unchained" 880 00:43:20,100 --> 00:43:22,980 critics and viewers began questioning the film's use 881 00:43:22,980 --> 00:43:25,740 of violence and racial slurs. 882 00:43:25,740 --> 00:43:28,170 Amongst those to speak out against the film 883 00:43:28,170 --> 00:43:31,320 was Jackson's longtime friend, Spike Lee. 884 00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:33,420 Are you very disappointed by 885 00:43:33,420 --> 00:43:34,980 some of the reactions, Spike Lee especially? 886 00:43:34,980 --> 00:43:38,160 Oh, I couldn't be happier with the reaction to this movie. 887 00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:39,180 It's been fantastic. 888 00:43:39,180 --> 00:43:40,546 It's good publicity I suppose. I mean-- 889 00:43:40,546 --> 00:43:41,379 Well, no, no, no, no. 890 00:43:41,379 --> 00:43:42,450 It's, it's creating a nice debate. 891 00:43:42,450 --> 00:43:44,520 Even the people who don't like the film 892 00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:46,260 all right are actually the, 893 00:43:46,260 --> 00:43:51,150 we're, I am responsible for people talking about slavery 894 00:43:51,150 --> 00:43:55,980 in America in a way that they have not in 30 years. 895 00:43:55,980 --> 00:43:56,813 You know, art, 896 00:43:56,813 --> 00:44:00,600 art is supposed to stimulate, and create conversation, and 897 00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:03,690 stir emotions, and hopefully this film's doing that. 898 00:44:03,690 --> 00:44:05,610 And when people do that, 899 00:44:05,610 --> 00:44:07,680 they learn things about themselves and about the world. 900 00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:08,520 That's wonderful. 901 00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:11,043 People have always spoke about your films 902 00:44:11,043 --> 00:44:12,331 having a lot of anger and it's like, oh, 903 00:44:12,331 --> 00:44:13,164 he just needs to sort of calm down now 904 00:44:13,164 --> 00:44:15,270 he's just full of so much anger. 905 00:44:15,270 --> 00:44:18,360 And then you get to film like this and suddenly 906 00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:20,430 everyone's now looking back at your films and thinking, 907 00:44:20,430 --> 00:44:22,650 actually what you were saying was making a lot of sense. 908 00:44:22,650 --> 00:44:23,823 People are late, 909 00:44:26,100 --> 00:44:28,083 but I will say this. 910 00:44:30,060 --> 00:44:33,513 I don't walk around in a constant fit of anger. 911 00:44:37,350 --> 00:44:40,473 And also if you look, if you just take, 912 00:44:41,677 --> 00:44:43,163 "Do the Right Thing," "Malcolm X," and 913 00:44:43,163 --> 00:44:45,087 the "Blackkklansmen," 914 00:44:47,809 --> 00:44:48,720 I mean those, 915 00:44:48,720 --> 00:44:51,900 I've been making my fourth decade of film those only four 916 00:44:51,900 --> 00:44:54,180 films. So I've been doing other stuff. 917 00:44:54,180 --> 00:44:55,503 I have other interest. 918 00:44:58,504 --> 00:44:59,670 But I'm angry. 919 00:44:59,670 --> 00:45:01,980 So you can't be surprised by the controversy that's that's 920 00:45:01,980 --> 00:45:02,820 come along with it. 921 00:45:02,820 --> 00:45:03,653 Well, you can't, 922 00:45:03,653 --> 00:45:05,460 I don't think you can actually make a movie about slavery in 923 00:45:05,460 --> 00:45:07,740 America that it's not gonna be controversial. 924 00:45:07,740 --> 00:45:11,230 My politics are my politics and 925 00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:14,433 I don't use my politics on screen. 926 00:45:15,789 --> 00:45:17,500 And I am who I am. I'm a product of, like you said, 927 00:45:17,500 --> 00:45:20,100 the segregated south. 928 00:45:20,100 --> 00:45:22,507 I remember when America had a apartheid, I was part of it, 929 00:45:22,507 --> 00:45:25,020 you know, I was there, there were places I couldn't go. 930 00:45:25,020 --> 00:45:27,240 There were things I couldn't do. 931 00:45:27,240 --> 00:45:29,070 And they inform who I am, 932 00:45:29,070 --> 00:45:32,520 but they don't inform how I act in the world. 933 00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:34,140 I mean, I'm not bitter about that. 934 00:45:34,140 --> 00:45:37,140 I just understand something about my country that 935 00:45:37,140 --> 00:45:39,030 a lot of other people don't understand. 936 00:45:39,030 --> 00:45:40,920 Well, violence is such a big part of your, 937 00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:42,630 all of your movies and it's, 938 00:45:42,630 --> 00:45:45,300 it's an enjoyable part of your movies for so many people. 939 00:45:45,300 --> 00:45:47,400 And that, that's why I'm talking about this 940 00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:49,110 'cause you know, it's a very sensitive time at the moment. 941 00:45:49,110 --> 00:45:51,000 I mean, the Vice President is talking to people in the movie 942 00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:54,498 industry today about violence and response to. 943 00:45:54,498 --> 00:45:56,130 And you know, where I stand on it. 944 00:45:56,130 --> 00:45:58,140 Which is that there's no relationship. 945 00:45:58,140 --> 00:45:58,973 Yes. 946 00:45:58,973 --> 00:45:59,820 But you haven't said why you think 947 00:45:59,820 --> 00:46:01,522 there's no relationship. 948 00:46:01,522 --> 00:46:03,210 It's none of your damn business what I think about that. 949 00:46:03,210 --> 00:46:05,430 Well, it's my job to ask you why you think that 950 00:46:05,430 --> 00:46:06,438 'cause you're very influential. 951 00:46:06,438 --> 00:46:08,250 And I'm saying no. 952 00:46:08,250 --> 00:46:10,350 He didn't, he didn't wanna talk about 953 00:46:10,350 --> 00:46:12,060 the issue and he got pretty annoyed about it. 954 00:46:12,060 --> 00:46:16,080 And you share a similar view to him from the interviews 955 00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:17,700 that I've read and that you've said you don't think 956 00:46:17,700 --> 00:46:21,510 there's any link between movie violence and video games 957 00:46:21,510 --> 00:46:26,280 and real life gun crime. Is that what you think? 958 00:46:26,280 --> 00:46:27,746 And if so, why? 959 00:46:27,746 --> 00:46:30,960 Well, I grew up, I actually grew up playing with guns. 960 00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:33,600 I mean, we had toy guns. We had toy guns. 961 00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:34,800 Christmas was not Christmas, 962 00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:38,340 if I didn't get a new toy gun, a cap pistol or something, 963 00:46:38,340 --> 00:46:40,560 and we shot at each other, 964 00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:42,420 we chased each other with these guns, 965 00:46:42,420 --> 00:46:44,010 we did all this stuff 966 00:46:44,010 --> 00:46:46,560 and none of my friends ever shot anybody. 967 00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:51,060 We also had real guns in my house and I shot those too, 968 00:46:51,060 --> 00:46:55,170 in the woods or at cans or at birds or whatever. 969 00:46:55,170 --> 00:46:58,230 And we still never turned those guns on each other. 970 00:46:58,230 --> 00:47:01,440 We understood what guns did to a human being 971 00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:03,630 or what gun violence actually was. 972 00:47:03,630 --> 00:47:06,000 We understood it very well. 973 00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:08,730 I don't think one thing has to do with the other, 974 00:47:08,730 --> 00:47:10,110 that sitting in a movie theater, 975 00:47:10,110 --> 00:47:11,520 watching people shoot each other 976 00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:14,490 doesn't make people want to go out and shoot other people. 977 00:47:14,490 --> 00:47:16,882 Not people who are not mentally unbalanced. 978 00:47:16,882 --> 00:47:19,230 I read books all my life. 979 00:47:19,230 --> 00:47:21,960 Books have violence in them, even the Bible. 980 00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:23,880 There's violence in all those books. 981 00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:25,260 It's not just movies. 982 00:47:25,260 --> 00:47:28,260 People need to understand parents have a responsibility. 983 00:47:28,260 --> 00:47:30,600 It's not the government's responsibility 984 00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:32,400 to make people better people. 985 00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:33,960 It's your parents' responsibility 986 00:47:33,960 --> 00:47:36,000 to make you a better person. 987 00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:37,537 Despite the controversy, 988 00:47:37,537 --> 00:47:42,120 "Django" went on to make over 425 million at the box office, 989 00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:44,190 as well as earning both Tarantino 990 00:47:44,190 --> 00:47:46,893 and Christoph Waltz Academy Awards. 991 00:47:52,110 --> 00:47:55,230 10 years later, Samuel L. Jackson would be honored 992 00:47:55,230 --> 00:47:57,930 with an honorary Academy Award of his own 993 00:47:57,930 --> 00:48:01,080 for exceptional contribution to motion picture arts. 994 00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:05,040 I guess, you know, that I have a achieved the goal 995 00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:08,384 of creating a body of work that has resonated 996 00:48:08,384 --> 00:48:12,090 not just among American fans, but you know, 997 00:48:12,090 --> 00:48:15,270 worldwide and so international reputation 998 00:48:15,270 --> 00:48:17,640 for being in films that people like to see 999 00:48:17,640 --> 00:48:22,230 and doing characters that people remember, so it's worth it. 1000 00:48:22,230 --> 00:48:23,400 Yeah. 1001 00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:26,040 With a career spanning over 50 years 1002 00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:29,070 playing some of the most iconic roles in film, 1003 00:48:29,070 --> 00:48:31,980 Samuel L. Jackson has cemented his name 1004 00:48:31,980 --> 00:48:34,034 in the history of cinema. 1005 00:48:34,034 --> 00:48:36,240 The thing that happened for me 1006 00:48:36,240 --> 00:48:40,650 that really made a big difference was when Sirly Oli died. 1007 00:48:40,650 --> 00:48:44,429 I was sitting at home and they were doing his bio that day 1008 00:48:44,429 --> 00:48:47,760 and they put his face up on screen 1009 00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:49,530 and they started to talk about him. 1010 00:48:49,530 --> 00:48:50,430 And as they talked about him, 1011 00:48:50,430 --> 00:48:51,960 they morphed through all these different characters 1012 00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:52,830 that he'd done. 1013 00:48:52,830 --> 00:48:55,683 And I said, ah, that's what you need to do. 1014 00:48:57,570 --> 00:49:01,200 With a growing catalog of over 150 films, 1015 00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:03,000 few actors will ever come close 1016 00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:06,000 to the longevity and determination of Jackson. 1017 00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:08,040 Sam is like the coolest actor on the planet. 1018 00:49:08,040 --> 00:49:11,610 You know, he's the guy that comes along that says 1019 00:49:11,610 --> 00:49:13,860 like cool things that people come out of theater 1020 00:49:13,860 --> 00:49:16,890 and they just, like, if they become part of the lexicon, 1021 00:49:16,890 --> 00:49:18,963 they become part of the vocabulary. 1022 00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:21,600 From small cameo roles 1023 00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:24,960 to becoming the highest grossing actor of all time, 1024 00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:28,590 Jackson's conquest of Hollywood is like no other. 1025 00:49:28,590 --> 00:49:30,990 He brings a personal flair to his work 1026 00:49:30,990 --> 00:49:34,530 through his badass attitude and trademark potty mouth 1027 00:49:34,530 --> 00:49:38,490 defining his roles as Samuel L. Jackson characters. 1028 00:49:38,490 --> 00:49:40,890 So I started figuring out ways 1029 00:49:40,890 --> 00:49:44,100 of making each character unique, and then all of a sudden, 1030 00:49:44,100 --> 00:49:47,089 people started talking about the wigs I wore in films 1031 00:49:47,089 --> 00:49:49,789 and you know, I wanted them all to have their own face 1032 00:49:50,645 --> 00:49:55,645 and their own characteristics and personas. 1033 00:49:55,650 --> 00:49:59,460 Because I found a way to reinvent myself most of the times 1034 00:49:59,460 --> 00:50:01,530 that you see me on film that I take roles 1035 00:50:01,530 --> 00:50:02,790 that are challenging to me 1036 00:50:02,790 --> 00:50:05,520 and somewhat challenging to the audiences when they see me, 1037 00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:07,590 so that they'll accept me as somebody new 1038 00:50:07,590 --> 00:50:09,453 and not just Samuel L. Jackson again. 1039 00:50:15,780 --> 00:50:17,323 His wittiness, comedic timing, 1040 00:50:17,323 --> 00:50:20,400 and intensity are unrivaled, 1041 00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:23,760 paired with his ability to draw emotions from an audience, 1042 00:50:23,760 --> 00:50:27,120 And sobering scenes, make him one of the greatest actors 1043 00:50:27,120 --> 00:50:28,983 to ever grace our screens. 1044 00:50:40,020 --> 00:50:42,480 And with several productions in the pipeline, 1045 00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:45,573 thankfully we haven't seen the last of Jackson yet. 1046 00:50:47,370 --> 00:50:49,650 I travel a lot to promote my films. 1047 00:50:49,650 --> 00:50:51,270 I've been in a lot of different countries 1048 00:50:51,270 --> 00:50:54,990 and pretty well known wherever I go. 1049 00:50:54,990 --> 00:50:59,280 So I guess, you know, I've succeeded in creating something 1050 00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:02,070 that people are interested in and people do tend to go 1051 00:51:02,070 --> 00:51:04,050 and see my film and like the things that I do 1052 00:51:04,050 --> 00:51:05,340 or like the work that I put into. 1053 00:51:05,340 --> 00:51:07,763 So I'm pretty happy.