All language subtitles for Samuel.L.Jackson.Did.I.Stutter.2023.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP2.0.H264-PTerWEB

Oh, I love seeing myself on screen.

That was the one thing about
being a young actor on stage

that I always wanted, I
always wanted to see the plays

I was in with me in 'em, so this is

the perfect venue for me.
I don't have one of those,

oh my God, I can't stand myself on screen.

I love watching my movies.

Samuel L. Jackson.

Few names ring as synonymous
with the world of cinema.

An icon in Hollywood, one
of the greatest actors

to ever grace the silver screen.

Hey, if I don't wanna see me,

I wouldn't expect you to pay to see me.

I'm a professional.
I show up at work on time.

I know my lines, I hit my marks.

And I treat the other
actors and the crew members

with respect.

With a work
ethic like no other,

boasting a catalog of over
150 films, it's hard to doubt

Jackson's status as one of
the most important figures

in cinema history.

I'm a college graduate. I'm
a father, a husband, a son.

I'm a good person with
all that. I'm a citizen.

I pay my taxes. I've never been arrested.

I believe in education. I
believe in one's, you know,

treating man the way you
want man to treat you.

Yeah, I'm a movie star- to
you. To me, I'm just a guy

with an interesting job.
You know, I don't wanna

cut in line in front of you.
I don't wanna, you know,

lord it over you because
you see me or I'm famous.

I'm famous because you think I'm famous.

From his badass characters

to his iconic use of the word,

Jackson has captured
the hearts of film fans,

the world over. However,
even the most iconic figures

have their struggles.

What are you afraid of?

Not going to work.

Why?

I don't wanna be broke again.

Just finished "Captain Marvel."
Here to start another film.

So I'm a little busy.

She's right.

You are the hardest
working man in Hollywood.

Nah, I just try to keep going.

Jackson got his
start in acting in New York

with the Negro Ensemble Company,

a theater group set up to
provide African American,

African and Caribbean actors

with opportunities to showcase
their talents on stage.

I think I've always been
a storyteller. I've always

enjoyed exploring other places

and things and

high adventure, which was
the goal in the beginning,

I guess, to become the,
you know, new Errol Flynn

in my mind, when I was
a kid, I wanted to jump

from ship to ship with
a dagger in my mouth

and sort of fight my way across the world.

But getting into theater and
discovering how to explore

the human condition that
there are, you know,

a lot of different stories to tell

and a lot of different ways to tell them.

Experiencing the joy of creating something

that's believable to an
audience. And once I was able to

sit in an audience and watch myself do it,

believe in myself while I was up there.

So it's just a burning desire to create.

The skills Jackson learned

as a young theater actor were invaluable.

Well, when I get the
script or once they tell me

I have the job and I pretty
much signed on the dotted line,

I sit at home and do all
the things that I did

when I was a young actor in the theater.

I sit at home, I find
out who the character is,

what his relationships are to
the other people in the film.

I do a biography form. If I
don't have any information,

I make up the stuff.
If I have information,

I use what's there and create
a whole person that I can use

that has experiences and
brothers, sisters or whatever.

Yeah. And then I show
up and kind of do it.

That was a certain point that
this wasn't part of my goal,

I guess movie star or whatever,

that I had totally forgotten about it.

And I was immersed in theater

and doing all these wonderful plays

and I had done a couple of
Pulitzer Prize winning plays

and worked with some
directors that gave me insight

and how to go deeper into a character

and how to relate to the stories

and the people inside
them in a different way.

That the craft became so important to me

that the result of the craft did not.

So that when this happened
it was just kinda like, okay.

But you know, being able to
figure out how to stay in it

is the difficult part.
Getting there, you know,

a lot of people get a shot,
you know, some people get

two or three, but you gotta
figure out a way to stay there

and make yourself important to the product

and make yourself
important to an audience.

And I think that's the
most important thing.

Having
carved out his position

as a theater actor

in the New York scene, Jackson
found there was one thing

holding him back from
making the transition

from stage to screen.

You revealed recently that

you had a stutter.

Have a stutter.

Have a stutter, still.

Yeah, I guess when I'm doing characters,

my characters don't
stutter so I don't have to

worry about 'em. And it was funny 'cause

when I was talking about it
last week, I realized that

I actually started to pretend
to be people who didn't

stutter when I was very young
so that I wouldn't stutter.

That seemed to be the thing
that would work for me.

That I had to go back
and stop and say, well,

where am I in the midst
of all that? You know,

how many people have I
created to cover this thing

to the point that maybe
I've gotten lost in who I am

and I don't know.

So do you still have days
when you are on set where you're

I still, oh yeah, yeah.
I have days where you know,

some days it's B, some days
it's P, some days it's G

and it all depends, you
know? And I think probably

the worst one for me are
sentences that begin with W.

I have W days a lot. So when
I'm, so when the first thing

I have to say is what,
when, why, or whatever,

depending upon the level of intensity

and where we're trying to go,

I'll get caught up with
and it just gets me.

Despite his stutter, in 1989,

Jackson was given the opportunity

to work with one of the
greatest directors in the world.

The King of Brooklyn, Spike Lee.

Can you
see yourself still having

the same passion to do
such a seminal film again?

To my last breath.

Important thing for me is that
people are getting to express

themselves and getting a chance to

work in their craft

'cause that's something I've
always been very mindful of,

is that I'm gonna work in
my craft, work in my craft,

work in my craft.

By 1989,
Spike already had two

successful titles under his belt,

"She's Gotta Have It", and "School Daze."

Jackson was given the chance
to work alongside Spike

for the first time when
he was cast for the role

of Mister Señor Love Daddy
in "Do the Right Thing,"

a film which severely
underachieved at festivals,

despite its good reviews.

From what
you're saying, it doesn't matter

to you whether one ever
gets an Oscar or not.

Well, I've come to that
point. I mean, before there have

been times, in Cannes, three
times we felt we got robbed.

In Cannes?

In Cannes, "She's Gotta Have It",

"Do the Right Thing" and "Jungle Fever."

And we felt we deserve

the best picture with
"Do the Right Thing."

Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up.

Up you wake, up you wake,
up you wake, up you wake.

This is Mister Señor Love
Daddy, your voice of choice.

The world's only 12 hour
strong man on the air,

here on We Love Radio 108
FM, the last on your dial,

but first in your hearts.
And that's the truth, Ruth,

here I am. Am I here?
You know it, it you know,

this is Mister Señor Love
Daddy doing the nasty

to your ears. Your ears to
the nasty, eyes only play

the platters that matter.
The matters they platter.

And that's the truth, Ruth.

Although
the film didn't receive

festival awards, it left
a lasting impact on those

that watched, helping
Jackson to solidify his name

as a screen actor.

All those people
lived together in Brooklyn.

No really lived together and
coexisted so that, you know,

that film made a statement in New York

at a very critical time.

He filmed what
he knew and what he felt

through the circumstances where he lived,

but because it was a microcosm of so much

of the rest of the country and the world.

People thought
it was so incendiary.

It wasn't that incendiary. But
he really did kind of break,

you know, open doors to lots
of different, like filmmakers.

Black films that black people
and white people will go see.

In 1988, Spike says he wanted an anthem,

so in the winter of '88
while being on tour,

I created the song and
I was very surprised

how Spike fitted that into the movie.

I've seen a movie about
eight times. In the movie

he said, wake up, you know,
stop and, you know, Radio Raheem

and whatnot. It was just showing that

there's a different way and
it's something you could take

into all aspects of your life.
There's always a different,

more positive way, productive
way to handle our problems.

I knew one thing that it
did, it motivated conversation

whether pro or con. People spoke
about whether they hated it

or loved it. And I
suppose that's what makes

an important movie. And I
think that's what directors

and actors hopefully are hoping for.

The cultural impact left by

"Do the Right Thing" opened
up a wealth of opportunities

for Jackson. Even if there
were only small roles.

Jackson's next film, "Sea of Love,"

gave him the chance to
work alongside Al Pacino.

This was the first time in his career

he was working alongside
a big Hollywood star.

Despite the experience gained
on set, Jackson's small role

was credited only as
"Black guy" as he struggled

to establish himself in a leading role.

In the 1990 film "Betsy's Wedding,"

Jackson was credited as "Taxi Dispatcher".

And in "The Exorcist III,"
Jackson's credit was simply

"Dream Blind Man."

However, the hard work
paid off, when in 1990,

Jackson was cast to work with
one of the greatest directors

of all time with a number of
already successful titles,

including "Mean Streets,"
"Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull,"

and "The Last Temptation of Christ."

By 1990, Scorsese had
already established himself

as one of the greatest
directors of our generation.

Well, he is a kind of icon.
I mean, he is the star really.

You know, because he's Martin Scorsese.

He's amazing, man. He'd seen
everything I've ever done,

which was really weird.

Films that, you know,
like "Kitchen Toto" that

I don't think more than three
people would have seen even.

Cinema.

For me, there's only one answer.

Cinema is necessary.

In the summer of 1989,

Scorsese says he took on
his biggest project yet,

the biographical gangster
film "Goodfellas,"

a project for which Jackson
was fortunate enough

to be cast in.

After the commercial
success of "Goodfellas"

grossing over 46.8 million domestically,

Jackson was well on his way to becoming

a leading Hollywood actor.
However, like the characters

in the film, Jackson, too, had his demons.

I
don't wanna be broke again.

Be broke again.
Broke again, broke again.

We will also be armed
and we will have rams

to take down doors when we
have the proper search warrant.

And we have our informants

and we have our undercover operatives.

And we will go wherever
crack is being sold.

This has reached epidemic proportions.

It is a
crack epidemic which police say

is causing an increase in
murder and other violent crime,

an epidemic with no end in sight.

It's attractive to kids. It's attractive

to a larger universe of people.

You don't have to shoot it into your arms,

so those people who are
reluctant to put needles

into their body can be drawn in.

With the
crack cocaine epidemic

raging through America, nobody was immune.

And despite his early success,

heroin, and later crack cocaine,

became the norm for Jackson.

And
a recent survey shows

that over half those
arrested for all crimes

will now test positive for cocaine.

Having acted
on drugs his whole career

to this point, Jackson
stated, "I was a drug addict

and I was out of my
mind a lot of the time.

But I had a good reputation.
Showing up on time,

knew my lines, hit my marks."

As a functioning drug addict,

Jackson's turning point came
in the early summer of 1990.

While out for his friend
Ruben Santiago Hudson's

bachelor party, Jackson
took it one step too far,

stating that after the party
he "went by the spot, copped,

went home, cooked the
shit, and passed out before

I had even smoked it,
drunk. That's when my wife

and daughter found me on the floor."

It was at this point, Samuel's wife,

LaTanya Richardson Jackson,
gave him the ultimatum,

finish rehab or lose her.

The next day, Jackson was
booked into a rehab center

in upstate New York where
his road to recovery began.

Jackson spent 28 days in rehab,
loathing every second of it.

By the end of the 28 days,
Jackson was revitalized

with a new hunger and passion for acting,

he was ready to conquer Hollywood.

While in rehab, Jackson spent
a lot of time on the phone

with longtime friend Spike Lee,

trying to convince him to
give him the supporting role

in his upcoming film, "Jungle Fever,"

wanting the role of Gator
Purify, a crack addict

whose habits tear his family apart.

Jackson's family and counselors believed

that handling drug paraphernalia

and discussing the joys of crack

would inevitably trigger him

and send him right back
into his addiction.

Despite this, less than two
weeks after Jackson left rehab,

he was working on "Jungle Fever."

Skinny and detoxing,

Jackson was ready to bring
firsthand knowledge to the roll.

I made this one up just for you.

I paid a lot of money for
these honey take, take it

for God's sake, please.

I pray for you, my son.

Father, I stretch my
hands to thee,

Oh!

No, no!

No! No!

After filming,

Jackson stated, "When my character died,

it was almost like I was killing
off that part of my life."

Jackson's performance as the
crack cocaine addict Gator

in Spike Lee's "Jungle
Fever" impressed the judges

at Cannes so much that they created

a Best Supporting Actor
Award to honor him.

You know, I've been
knocking around for a while

and doing a lot of different
things and you know,

I had this running joke
with my agent at the time.

I would call her and say,
you know, did Hollywood call?

And she come, no.

And "Jungle Fever" went to
the Cannes Film Festival

and they created a special
performance award for me

that's never been given to anybody else.

And all of a sudden, Hollywood
was calling and you know,

everything changed.

I got into doing bigger and better films.

Refreshed and revitalized,

Jackson was ready to conquer Hollywood.

Taking on his first lead roles in 1993,

playing an LA cop in the
comedy "Loaded Weapon"

and acting alongside Nicholas
Cage in "Amos & Andrew".

In 1993, Jackson was once
again given the chance

to work alongside one of
the greatest directors

of our generation, Quentin Tarantino,

HBO. Can
you tell us what it's like

to work with Quentin Tarantino?

Very relaxed, very untraditional,

open to new ideas,

open improvisations, fun.

Having already
released a box office success

"Reservoir Dogs" a year previous,

Tarantino was one of the
most talked about directors

in the world, revolutionizing
independent cinema.

What
an amazing performance

and an amazing character.

Some great lines you had to work with.

Right? To consider.

Who wrote the lines?

I didn't.

Who wrote the part? I didn't.

Who wrote the story? I didn't.

So that puts things in
the proper perspective.

In 1993,
Jackson was cast to play

the role of Big Don

in the Quentin Tarantino
screenplay "True Romance,"

a film with a star studded cast

like nothing Jackson
had worked with before.

It's when I saw it for the
first time, I was like, God,

this is like my life.

None of that stuff ever happened to me.

But it was like, this is like
my life done is a big movie.

It was just nutty. It was crazy.

Working on a film written by

Tarantino allowed Jackson

to establish a relationship
with the director,

a relationship that would
prove fruitful for both.

In 1992, off the back of the
success of "Reservoir Dogs"

and "True Romance,"
Tarantino began to write

his next screenplay, "Pulp Fiction,"

a film that would go
on to earn cult status

as one of the most significant
films of its generation,

earning nearly $108 million
at the domestic box office,

"Pulp Fiction" became the first
independent film in history

to surpass $100 million,

putting Jackson's name in the spotlight.

Because
when I told everyone

that I was interviewing you,

everyone just went "Pulp Fiction"
and started quoting at me.

Yeah. Some things I can't
quote back to you, obviously.

Yeah, of course.

Do you
think that that's the film

most people recognize you from, or?

It depends.

It depends.

It depends, yeah.

Yeah. There's a certain, I guess,

age group that identifies
with "Pulp Fiction."

First time I saw it, I
saw it on the biggest screen

I'd ever seen in my life
at the palle Cannes.

At the film festival,

Bruce Willis and I was
sitting in the front row

'cause we were shooting "Die Hard."

So we flew over and saw it
for the first time together

and I was blown away.

And I knew immediately
that the film was special

and that it would have a
special meaning for people

for a very, very, very long time to come.

The role of
Jules Winnfield earned Jackson

his first ever Academy Award nomination.

Can we
talk to you for one sec?

No, you were great in "Pulp Fiction."

Tell us, how was the night?

Oh, I had a good time.

We had a great time. John and I presented.

We had a good time.

Good seeing all your, the
first time for me. It was good.

What was the
highlight of your first Oscar?

Gosh.

I guess going out there and
presenting and being a plotter,

when people seem to receive us very well.

Being nominated
for Best Actor in a

Supporting Role, Jackson lost
out narrowly to Martin Landau

for his role in "Ed Wood."

Jackson was now one of
the most in demand names

in Hollywood.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Don't This one go.

Can you
tell us what it's like to

work with Quentin Tarantino?

A lot of fun.

Quite a bit of fun, but
everybody always wants to know

if I know what they call a
quarter pounder with cheese

in France and "Pulp Fiction,"
you know, has this wonderful

quality about it that every year

I gain, you know,

somewhere between five and 10 million fans

because kids become of age

and they're allowed to
watch it for the first time.

Or they've heard their brothers
or somebody talk about it,

sisters talk about it and
now they get to watch it

and all of a sudden they
think it's the coolest movie

they've ever seen in their lives.

And I get a regeneration of fans,

so it's kind of alright like that.

Despite not winning an award,

Jackson's role as Jules
Winnfield in "Pulp Fiction"

will be remembered as one of
the most iconic characters

in film history, elevating
Jackson's career once again.

Jules, your
character in "Pulp Fiction,"

is the ultimately cool bad guy, isn't he?

I don't know, I guess
he is to some people.

To me, he's just a character.

He was a guy, he had a job,
he did his job a specific way.

He was a professional,
he was good at his job.

He was not distracted
when he was doing his job.

That's why John Travolta
got killed and I didn't

'cause he got distracted.

The
path of the righteous man

is beset on all sides by the

inequities of the selfish
and the turret of evil men.

Blessed is he who in the
name of charity and Goodwill

shepherds the weak through
the valley of darkness

for he is truly his

brother's keeper and
the finder of love too.

And I will strike down upon
thee with great vengeance

and furious anger

those who attempt to poison
and destroy my brothers.

And you'll know my name is the law

when I lay my vengeance upon.

After a
successful festival circuit

which saw "Pulp Fiction"
winning an Academy Award

for writing, Jackson's life was changing.

Is it going
to change your life at all,

do you think?

I don't know.

You know, the last one changed my life

and it was very distinct kind of way

and my phone wouldn't stop ringing

and we had to change our phone number

and I went to a lot of strange, you know,

luncheons and dinners with
strange kind of tuna with dry

and kind of tuna was dry

and the stuff they put on it was wet.

So my dietary habits changed very much.

I guess I might get another kinda script.

You know, things aren't
gonna change that much.

It's pretty constant now.

You know, I get to read a
lot of interesting things.

Hopefully I've been doing the kind of work

that people think of as
quality work for a while now

and I don't plan on changing that.

If I could get more and more scripts

where the casting would be as colorblind

as some of the other things that I read,

that would be a good thing.

But right now, you know,
the quality of the work

and the kind of people that I work with

seem to be a lot more important

than the awards that come along with it.

Despite his high demand,

Jackson's next films failed to impress.

Appearing in box office
flops, "Kiss of Death,"

"Losing Isaiah" and
"The Great White Hype."

With critics blasting his films,

Jackson found himself in a career slump.

However, although Jackson's performances

weren't to critics liking,

he appeared in eight films
over a two year period,

keeping active in ensuring

he was ready for his next big break.

You are a busy man.

You seem to be everywhere.

Do you ever just say, wow,
I need to take a break?

Or what's going on with your career?

No. A lot of people around
me say that, but I tend to.

But you
don't listen to 'em.

No, I don't. I actually
tend to think I'd,

I get enough rest and relaxation.

Most times when I'm on location,

I have down days where
I just don't do anything

but play golf and that's okay.

And when I'm home, it's a
lot harder to work at home

than it is on the road.

But I'm not thinking about taking a break.

If I was to ask
you about what you do

as an actor,

I want to ask you what you
do when you're not acting.

What do I do when I'm not acting?

I watch movies.

Okay, when you're
not watching movies?

What else do you do?

Read books, play golf.

A lot.

Although Jackson's schedule

is busier than all of his peers,

he has always found time for
his second passion, golf.

I'm an avid golfer,
let's put it that way.

Don't, don't you make

sure you get time scheduled

out of filming to have a round of golf.

I have a strange clause in my contract

that says I have to play twice a week

and they have to pay for it.

Why not? You have.

Yeah.

As well as having it written

into his working contracts,

Jackson has used golf to
help multiple charity events,

supporting those that are less fortunate.

Just
some of the celebrities

in this shooting styles benefit

at Wentworth Golf course,

which includes the likes
of Colin Montgomery.

Lovely shot. Now don't go in there.

Jessie Metcal.

It's been rough for us all,

but I'll get it there eventually.

And Michael Bolton,

they're all here at the request

of Mr. Jackson or Sam to his friends,

who's hosting the event to
raise money for charity.

We try and find people
that enjoy the game

and get them to come and
have fun with, you know,

just some guys that wanna meet 'em

and kinda laugh at the way we play.

Surely
no one's gonna laugh

at the way you play.

They might.

I haven't played in a few days.

So plus, it's important that we give back

to the community at large
and do as much as we can

for people who aren't
as fortunate as we are

or people who have needs.

So what
is it about this industry

that you love the most and
that you hate the most?

Well, I love the fact that
I'm able to choose the jobs

that I'm doing now and that I am acting

and doing that stuff.

I hate the part that's the politics

of trying to convince people
that I am still the guy

that they need to put in their films.

You know, that hadn't
changed very much at all.

In 1997,
Jackson was once again

given the opportunity

to work with Quentin Tarantino
when he was cast to play

Ordell Robbie in "Jackie Brown."

Well, it's always great
to be on a Tarantino set.

He brings a lot of enthusiasm
to the cast, the crew,

to the neighborhoods that we're working in

'cause it was his neighborhood

and he was anxious to show us, you know,

this is where I grew up.

This is Carson, this is the Del Amo Mall.

So it was great, you know,

just kind of being around and being fun

and he still listens to the stuff,

laughs out loud in the middle of a take

and you have to start over.

So it's just a joy to be there.

And the fun that we have
consequently transfers,

I think, to the screen.

So when you watch it,

you're seeing people
who are really enjoying

being themselves and having a great time.

Nothing gets between me and my AK.

And this here's the Chinese model

I get 'em for eight 50.

Grab that for me. Would you baby?

You know it's for you.

Girl, don't make me
put my foot in your ass.

The AK 47 is the
most popular assault

rifle in the world.

This is the Chinese model,

you can tell by the extra ribbing.

Hello, it's for you.

Jackson earned a best actor

Silver Bear at the Berlin Film

Festival for his role in Jackie Brown.

As well as the invaluable
experience gained from working

alongside someone with the
stature of two T]time Academy

Award-winning actor Robert De Niro.

Samuel L. Jackson was back and
ready to take on one of the

biggest roles in his career.

In America, people
were queuing for tickets

more than a month before the film opened.

"The Phantom Menace" took more
than 60 million pounds in its

first five days. Following
tonight's royal premiere attended

by Prince Charles,

the film opens in Britain
tomorrow and will be showing in

some 500 cinemas up and down
the country by the weekend.

I figured it'd be one little
movie and that would be it.

And it just grew.

He thought he might well have
a big failure on his hands.

And when the executives
in Hollywood first saw it,

they decided that it might be
better to cut it up and make,

make it into a children's TV
cereal for Saturday mornings.

That's how much confidence they had in it.

With episode one, I said, well,

it's gonna be about a nine year old boy.

Everybody thought I was crazy
and if I was doing it for a

studio, I know they would
never have let me do that.

People were very nervous
that it was gonna fail,

so it wasn't a slam dunk
or anything, but it did.

You know that one did very
well at the box office.

And then they've all done
well at the box office.

So now I can put them together
and say it's one movie and it

should be thought of as one movie.

It's got these
wonderful special effects.

That's one thing,

but much more important than that.

Unlike a lot of the special
effects movies these days,

it's got a lot of character and charm.

It's got characters everybody remembers,

it's got heroes and villains.

It's like a piece of
mythology. And you know,

that's one thing Hollywood
seems to have lost now.

They make these huge great
movies with all state of the

art special effects,

but they forget about character
and they forget about charm.

Well, George Lucas didn't.

This is actually phenomenal.

As advanced bookings go.

In 1999,

Jackson was given one of his
biggest opportunities to date

a chance to work with George
Lucas and be part of the global

phenomenon, "Star Wars."

Well, we always want to
do things in our careers

that will be remembered.

And you never know what that
will be or if that opportunity

will present itself. This
is kinda like a guarantee.

So I'm really pleased to be a part of it.

But I had an opportunity to say,

"may the force be with you."

That's a great moment.

It's, it's something that, you know,

you never think you'll say.

It's something that when
you're sitting in a theater,

when you're a young actor you
wish for and it's like a dream

come true. So I'm really happy to be.

Playing
the role of Mace Windu,

"Star Wars" would take Jackson's career

to a whole new galaxy.

Master Windu.

I take it General Grievance
has been destroyed then.

I must say you're here
sooner than expected.

In the name of the galactic
Senate of the Republic,

you're under arrest, Chancellor.

Are you threatening me, Master Jedi?

The Senate will decide your fate.

I am the Senate.

Not yet.

Jackson went
on to play Mace Windu

in three live action "Star Wars" films,

the "Phantom Menace,"
"Attack of the Clones,"

and "Revenge of the Sith"
solidifying his name

in the franchise.

After the success of "Star Wars"

Jackson had put his name on

the map, appearing in
multiple box office hits,

including "Kill Bill, Volume Two,"

"Coach Carter" and "The Incredibles."

It's fantastic. I mean,

Sam Jackson's one of our
greatest actors alive.

So he, the world is, you know,
in his, the palm of his hand.

Anything is possible for Sam Jackson.

Renowned
by critics worldwide,

"The Incredibles" would become timeless

being watched by all generations.

That movie gets seen
by people that have kids,

their kids get older, then
their grandkids or their

nieces and nephews, whatever the,

the first movie was
often in somebody's house

over those 14 years.

So in a way it was like
the movie didn't go away,

like maybe a traditional movie might.

"The Incredibles" is a
movie that gets reintroduced

when young ones are around.

Honey?

What?

Where's my super suit?

What?

Where is my super suit?

I uh, put it away.

Where?!

Why do you need to know?

I need it.

Uhuh. Don't you
think about running off

and doing no daring do,
we've been planning this

dinner for two months.

The public is in danger.

My evening's in danger!

Tell me what my suit is woman!

We are talking about the greater good!

Greater good? I am your wife.

I'm the greatest good
you're ever gonna get.

"The Incredibles"
would go on to make

631 million at the box office worldwide

as well as becoming Jackson's
highest ever rated film.

Voicing the fan favorite
character, Frozone,

Jackson's career had
reached an all time high

allowing him to choose the
projects he's most interested in.

Having acted across some of
the biggest film franchises in

the world,

Jackson took a different path
when in 2006 he took on the

leading role in David
Ellis's "Snakes on a Plane."

There was no script. I don't,

I don't even know if
there was a script when I,

when I agreed to do it, I,

I actually kind saw that a
friend of mine was directing a

film called "Snakes on a Plane,"

and I emailed him to see what
it was and he told me it was

poisonous snakes loose
on a plane and, oh wow,

can I be in that?

He was like, you really wanna be in this?

I'm like, I wanna be in the movie.

So that's how it happened.

Well that's the, that's
the thing. I mean the,

the title is what got me and
I'm sure it's what got all

those people on the net that
when you hear that name you

have a very clear picture of what that is.

We had to be pretty fast
moving because the snakes

in this film are actually
snakes that have been

sprayed with pheromone.

So they're pretty aggressive and vicious.

Kinda like snakes on crack.

Earning
cult status amongst fans

months before release, "Snakes on a Plane"

saw an internet frenzy like no other.

Unusually for a new film.

And perhaps to maintain
the internet frenzy,

no critic has been allowed
a preview of the film.

Everyone, everyone has
had to buy their tickets

and wait in line.

You could kind of tell that
it was written on the internet

'cause it's pretty crazy.

It's the most unusual film
I've ever seen. It's great.

You've got action,
Samuel L. Jackson, nudity.

What more can you want?

It could possibly be a pheromone.

That's what female animals
release a trigger mating

behavior.

It could also provoke serious
hyper aggression like some

kind of drug.

Well that's good news.

Snakes on crack.

The film would
go on to receive mixed

reviews from critics.

However, like most
projects Jackson works on,

it has a timeless quality that
has stood the test of time.

By 2008, Jackson was one of
the biggest names in Hollywood.

Having worked with the most
renowned directors in the world.

In 2002, Jackson gave
Marvel permission to use his

likeness in their comic
book version of Nick Fury.

Nearly seven years later,

he had signed a nine
picture deal with Disney.

When
you first got the call

back in the day for Nick Fury,

what was your reaction? Did you go, who?

I didn't get the call.

I kind of made the call.

Did you?

Well, yeah,

I was in a comic bookstore and
I looked and knows my face on

this Nick Fury guy and him saying,

well if they make a movie,

I want Samuel Little Jackson
to play me in this movie.

So I had to call my agent
and my manager and go,

did I give somebody permission
to use my image in the comic

book? They were like, what
are you talking about?

And I told him and they called
Marvel and Marvel was like,

oh, well, you know, we were
hoping if we make these movies,

he would do it.

Yeah, I have an extended
appearance in the Avengers.

I kind of bring 'em all together
and we all kind of get into

it together and fight to save the world.

And you seem
a bit of a badass in this.

A bit, Yeah.

You, you finally get to see
exactly who Nick Fury is, yeah.

So you're gearing up your

obviously a spinoff, or
Avengers, or, or what?

I had a nine picture deal.

I mean, you know, you got no
more about the news than I do.

I got a nine picture deal.

Eventually I gotta make all nine of 'em

or they're gonna kill
me. So I gotta make 'em.

I don't know what they are.

I'll be part of Downey's not
gonna leave me. He'll be,

I'm not, I'm not in "Thor."

I'm probably in "Captain
America" and you know,

so there's stuff coming in the Avengers.

The Avengers will eventually show up.

Okay great. Thanks guys.

Jarvis.

Welcome homes.

I am Iron Man.

You think you're the only
superhero in the world?

Mr. Stark, you become
part of a bigger universe.

You just don't know it yet.

Who the hell are you?

Nick Fury, director of Shield.

I'm here to talk to you
about the Avenger initiative.

The success
of the Avengers films

helped the "Marvel Cinematic
Universe" gain the status

of the highest grossing
film franchise of all time.

Meaning that Jackson had now
played major roles in the top

two highest grossing franchises,

the "Marvel Cinematic
Universe" and "Star Wars."

In 2012, Jackson took
on the role of Stephen,

a loyal house slave in Quentin
Tarantino's Western drama,

"Django Unchained." A film that
wasn't short of controversy.

He wants that girl.

Stephen.

What the hell you talking about? Hm?

They playing yo ass for
fool what I'm talking about.

They ain't here for no muscle bound Jimmy.

They here for that girl.

What? What girl? What? Hildy?

Yeah, Hildy. Her and Django?
Them niggas know each other.

He he just bought Eskimo Joe out.

Did he give you any money?

No, not yet. But they--

Then he ain't ball didly.

Not yet, no how.

An
absolutely phenomenal film.

I have to say, and I'm sorry to say this,

but I couldn't stand your
character in the film.

Thank you.

Did you hate your character, too?

No. I love Stephen every day.

How did you even, you know,

go forward in kind of even,

you know, I didn't know, embracing him.

He kinda embraced the fact
that Stephen's sort of the

freest slave in the history of slavery.

And he has a way of life that's
kind of comfortable for him.

Slavery's been going on
for a pretty good while.

He thinks its gonna go on forever.

So he's trying to find his
way to be as comfortable

as he can in it.

And there's a lot of
controversy surrounding this film.

Do you think it's justified?

No.

Amid the
release of "Django Unchained"

critics and viewers began
questioning the film's use

of violence and racial slurs.

Amongst those to speak
out against the film

was Jackson's longtime friend, Spike Lee.

Are you
very disappointed by

some of the reactions,
Spike Lee especially?

Oh, I couldn't be happier
with the reaction to this movie.

It's been fantastic.

It's good publicity I suppose. I mean--

Well, no, no, no, no.

It's, it's creating a nice debate.

Even the people who don't like the film

all right are actually the,

we're, I am responsible for
people talking about slavery

in America in a way that
they have not in 30 years.

You know, art,

art is supposed to stimulate,
and create conversation, and

stir emotions, and hopefully
this film's doing that.

And when people do that,

they learn things about
themselves and about the world.

That's wonderful.

People have
always spoke about your films

having a lot of anger and it's like, oh,

he just needs to sort of calm down now

he's just full of so much anger.

And then you get to film
like this and suddenly

everyone's now looking back
at your films and thinking,

actually what you were saying
was making a lot of sense.

People are late,

but I will say this.

I don't walk around in
a constant fit of anger.

And also if you look, if you just take,

"Do the Right Thing," "Malcolm X," and

the "Blackkklansmen,"

I mean those,

I've been making my fourth
decade of film those only four

films. So I've been doing other stuff.

I have other interest.

But I'm angry.

So you can't be surprised by
the controversy that's that's

come along with it.

Well, you can't,

I don't think you can actually
make a movie about slavery in

America that it's not
gonna be controversial.

My politics are my politics and

I don't use my politics on screen.

And I am who I am. I'm a
product of, like you said,

the segregated south.

I remember when America had a
apartheid, I was part of it,

you know, I was there, there
were places I couldn't go.

There were things I couldn't do.

And they inform who I am,

but they don't inform
how I act in the world.

I mean, I'm not bitter about that.

I just understand something
about my country that

a lot of other people don't understand.

Well, violence
is such a big part of your,

all of your movies and it's,

it's an enjoyable part of your
movies for so many people.

And that, that's why
I'm talking about this

'cause you know, it's a very
sensitive time at the moment.

I mean, the Vice President is
talking to people in the movie

industry today about
violence and response to.

And you know, where I stand on it.

Which is that there's no relationship.

Yes.

But you haven't said why you think

there's no relationship.

It's none of your damn
business what I think about that.

Well, it's my job to
ask you why you think that

'cause you're very influential.

And I'm saying no.

He didn't,
he didn't wanna talk about

the issue and he got
pretty annoyed about it.

And you share a similar view
to him from the interviews

that I've read and that
you've said you don't think

there's any link between
movie violence and video games

and real life gun crime.
Is that what you think?

And if so, why?

Well, I grew up, I actually
grew up playing with guns.

I mean, we had toy guns. We had toy guns.

Christmas was not Christmas,

if I didn't get a new toy gun,
a cap pistol or something,

and we shot at each other,

we chased each other with these guns,

we did all this stuff

and none of my friends ever shot anybody.

We also had real guns in my
house and I shot those too,

in the woods or at cans
or at birds or whatever.

And we still never turned
those guns on each other.

We understood what guns
did to a human being

or what gun violence actually was.

We understood it very well.

I don't think one thing
has to do with the other,

that sitting in a movie theater,

watching people shoot each other

doesn't make people want to
go out and shoot other people.

Not people who are not
mentally unbalanced.

I read books all my life.

Books have violence in
them, even the Bible.

There's violence in all those books.

It's not just movies.

People need to understand
parents have a responsibility.

It's not the government's responsibility

to make people better people.

It's your parents' responsibility

to make you a better person.

Despite the controversy,

"Django" went on to make over
425 million at the box office,

as well as earning both Tarantino

and Christoph Waltz Academy Awards.

10 years later, Samuel L.
Jackson would be honored

with an honorary Academy Award of his own

for exceptional contribution
to motion picture arts.

I guess, you know, that
I have a achieved the goal

of creating a body of
work that has resonated

not just among American
fans, but you know,

worldwide and so international reputation

for being in films that people like to see

and doing characters that people
remember, so it's worth it.

Yeah.

With a career
spanning over 50 years

playing some of the most
iconic roles in film,

Samuel L. Jackson has cemented his name

in the history of cinema.

The thing that happened for me

that really made a big difference
was when Sirly Oli died.

I was sitting at home and they
were doing his bio that day

and they put his face up on screen

and they started to talk about him.

And as they talked about him,

they morphed through all
these different characters

that he'd done.

And I said, ah, that's
what you need to do.

With a growing
catalog of over 150 films,

few actors will ever come close

to the longevity and
determination of Jackson.

Sam is like the coolest
actor on the planet.

You know, he's the guy
that comes along that says

like cool things that
people come out of theater

and they just, like, if they
become part of the lexicon,

they become part of the vocabulary.

From small cameo roles

to becoming the highest
grossing actor of all time,

Jackson's conquest of
Hollywood is like no other.

He brings a personal flair to his work

through his badass attitude
and trademark potty mouth

defining his roles as Samuel
L. Jackson characters.

So I started figuring out ways

of making each character unique,
and then all of a sudden,

people started talking about
the wigs I wore in films

and you know, I wanted them
all to have their own face

and their own
characteristics and personas.

Because I found a way to
reinvent myself most of the times

that you see me on film that I take roles

that are challenging to me

and somewhat challenging to
the audiences when they see me,

so that they'll accept me as somebody new

and not just Samuel L. Jackson again.

His
wittiness, comedic timing,

and intensity are unrivaled,

paired with his ability to
draw emotions from an audience,

And sobering scenes, make him
one of the greatest actors

to ever grace our screens.

And with several
productions in the pipeline,

thankfully we haven't seen
the last of Jackson yet.

I travel a lot to promote my films.

I've been in a lot of different countries

and pretty well known wherever I go.

So I guess, you know, I've
succeeded in creating something

that people are interested
in and people do tend to go

and see my film and like
the things that I do

or like the work that I put into.

So I'm pretty happy.