Samuel L. Jackson Says He’s Never Let the Oscars Determine His Success: ‘Wasn’t a Big Deal’

At this year’s Governor’s Awards, Samuel L. Jackson received an honorary Oscar from Denzel Washington. The two actors go way back from their early theatre days in New York. After the actor won the Oscar, he started to speak but ran over to Denzel to give him a bear hug. During an interview, the Los Angeles Times asked if Jackson was surprised by the emotion of that evening.