Samuel L. Jackson is stepping up and taking responsibility for everything — except the government shutdown.
“But then again, some people might say that I’m responsible for [the government shutdown] too, I did support Obama and a huge faction blames me for that on Twitter everyday,” the actor, on location in Germany, told the Journal via phone.
“I just really think it’s a shame, all these people are fighting to keep those who have nothing from having even less. Healthcare is essential for a healthy economy. Just because [the Republican party] lost an election doesn’t mean they have to destroy our country. I know they are angry, we get it, but don’t make the whole country pay for your anger, don’t devalue our status as a nation because you are angry, it’s shameful and un-American,” Jackson said.
In a new Funny or Die short, Jackson openly takes the blame from a variety of angry parents whose children are misbehaving, from engaging in dangerous behavior to smoking to randomly developing peanut allergies, all because they watched one of Jackson’s films.
The actor did, however, trick Chris Evans’ Captain America into thinking he was in a different decade in the Marvel film of the same name, and pulled a fast one on Kerry Washington and Jamie Foxx in “Django Unchained.”
“Ok,” the actor conceded, “but in reality, parents need to monitor what their kids watch. It’s called parental control, and part of what the problem is now, the kid is the boss. That’s not right, they should answer to somebody, earn respect. Too many parents are giving freedom they’re kids don’t need,” Jackson said.
Case in point, in the video, one of the parents tells Jackson that their three-year-old watched “Django Unchained.”
“We were going to have everyone, the other parents included, in that scene react to the fact that a three-year-old watched ‘Django,’” Jackson said. Although that reaction shot ultimately hit the cutting room floor, Jackson said the message remained the same. “If I’m in it, maybe your kids shouldn’t be watching it,” Jackson says in the short.
Created through Funny Or Die Gives a F—, a Funny Or Die initiative that paired with Common Sense Media, a non-profit looking to help families manage their media intake, “Everything is Samuel L. Jackson’s Fault” was directed by the actor’s daughter, Zoe.
