Samuel L Jackson Attends The Oscars Only For The Love Of Goody Bags
Samuel L Jackson says that he goes to the Oscars only to get goody bags.
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oi-Monojit
By Monojit
Celebrated
Hollywood
actor
Samuel
L
Jackson
states
that
he
only
goes
to
Oscars
for
collecting
the
goody
bags.
The
actor
said
though
the
goody
bags
are
not
given
to
the
presenters
anymore,
he
would
not
attend
Oscars
until
he
is
given
a
goody
bag.
"I
was
presenting.
I
was
you
know,
you
always
go
for
the
goody
basket.
Now
they
stopped
giving
them
to
presenters.
Now
they
just
give
them
to
people
who
are
nominated,
so
I'm
done
with
that,
only
if
I'm
getting
a
goody
bag," Said
Samuel
L
Jackson
in
a
statement.
"Yes,
it's
all
about
the
basket.
Yeah,
I
mean
years
ago
it
used
to
be
a
lot
of
money.
The
first
time
I
went,
I
remember
going
to
rehearsal
and
they
giving
me
a
basket
at
rehearsals
and
Jack
Nicholson
was
nominated
that
year."
Samuel
L
Jackson
added
further.
"He
came
out
with
this
basket
and
he
actually
gave
it
to
somebody
in
the
crowd
that
was
in
the
back
waiting,
worth
tons
of
money."
Added
the
actor.
Samuel
L
Jackson
added
that,
the
advantage
of
being
famous
is
getting
free
stuff,
and
the
actor
also
said
that
everybody
irrespective
of
him
being
famous
or
not,
love
to
get
free
stuff.
"Everybody
likes
free
stuff.
That's
my
answer
to
the
question,
what's
the
best
thing
about
being
famous?
Free
stuff,"
Said
Samuel
L
Jackson.