Samuel L. Jackson Says He Does Not Do “Statue-Chasing Movies”
BY DEMICIA INMAN
JUNE 17, 2022 11:54AM
Samuel L. Jackon reveals how he selects movie roles in a new interview with
the Los Angeles Times. The acclaimed actor prioritizes scripts he enjoys versus
work that may add awards and honors to his resume.
近日山谬杰克森在接受洛杉矶时报访问时，谈到他是如何选择电影角色的。
他表示现在的他会优先考虑挑选喜欢的剧本，而非一味地追求得奖电影。
“Maybe a little bit. As jaded as I wanted to be about it, you know thinking,
‘Well, I should have won an Oscar for this or should have won for that and it
didn’t happen,’ once I got over it many years ago, it wasn’t a big deal for
me. I always have fun going to the Oscars. I always look forward to getting a
gift basket for being a presenter. [Laughs] I give stuff to my relatives; my
daughter and my wife would take stuff out. It’s cool,” the veteran actor
explained when asked about the emotional moment he was presented an honorary
Oscar by Denzel Washington.
山谬杰克森表示：
“尽管对此感到厌烦，但有时我会想‘好吧，我应该因为这部片拿下奥斯卡，或是我
应该因为那部电影拿下奥斯卡，但最后都没有发生’直到多年前我克服了这心魔，
这事对我来说再也没啥大不了的。
我现在每次参加奥斯卡典礼都很开心，担任颁奖人能获得礼物，我将礼物分送给亲戚，
拿给老婆及小孩，他们在我面前将礼物拆开，这很酷。”
“But otherwise, I was past it. I was never going to let the Oscars be a
measure of my success or failure as an actor. My yardstick of success is my
happiness: Am I satisfied with what I’m doing? I’m not doing statue-chasing
movies. You know [whispers]: ‘If you do this movie, you’ll win an Oscar.’
No, thanks. I’d rather be Nick Fury. Or having fun being Mace Windu with a
lightsaber in my hand.”
被问到对于今年奥斯卡从丹佐华盛顿手中接过奥斯卡终身成就奖是什么感觉？
“除此之外，我释怀了。我不会将奥斯卡当作衡量我作为一名演员是否成功的标准，
我的成功来自于快乐。我是否满意自己正在做的事？我不是为了得奖才拍电影的。
如果有人跟我说‘你拍那部电影会得奥斯卡奖喔！’
不了，感谢厚爱，我还宁可成为尼克福瑞，或是扮演手里拿着光剑挥舞的云度大师。”
He continued, saying how he has no regrets in making decisions on which roles
to accept and which ones to pass on.
“No,” Jackson answered. “I want to do the stuff that made me want to go to
the movies when I was a kid. I want to do that movie that people just want to
see so they can get out of themselves. That’s the guy I chose to be and I’m
fine with it. I’m satisfied because that’s who I am. I’m the guy who does
the lines that people see on T-shirts. There’s actors who go their whole
careers and no one can quote a line they’ve said in a movie. People go to
watch my movies to see how crazy I’m going to be or see how many times I say
motherfu**er. [laughs] Whatever gets them in the seats.”
山谬杰克森继续说道：
“我想演出当我还是小孩时就会想看的电影，我想做出人们喜欢的电影，
这样他们就能暂时摆脱自己，我想选择成为那样的人。对此我很满意，因为这就是我。
我是那种台词会被印在T恤上的演员。
有些人整个演员生涯甚至没一句电影台词可以被记得。
观众去看我的电影是想见识我有多疯狂，或者想听我说了多少次"马惹法克"，
只要能让他们乖乖坐着就行。”
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