Samuel L. Jackson hasn’t won an Oscar, but he thinks he should have by now. The actor spoke to The Times about receiving the Academy Honorary Award for those that have never won an Oscar, insisting he “should have won that one” when talking about being nominated for his role in “Pulp Fiction”.
Jackson played Jules Winnfield in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 flick, but lost the Oscar to Martin Landau for his part in “Ed Wood”. READ MORE: Samuel L.
Jackson Weighs In On Joe Rogan’s Use Of The N-Word: ‘He Shouldn’t Have Said It’ The star went on, “I guess Black folk usually win for doing despicable s**t on screen. “Like Denzel [Washington] for being a horrible cop in ‘Training Day’.
All the great stuff he did in uplifting roles like ‘Malcolm X’? No – we’ll give it to this motherf**ker.” Jackson also thinks he should have been nominated for his role in Spike Lee’s “Jungle Fever”. READ MORE: NAACP Awards: Samuel L.
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