I've got John McClane.'" Bruce Willis gave Samuel L. Jackson sage career advice about movie stardom — and the Secret Invasion star inadvertently heeded that advice with one of his most iconic roles. Jackson recalled shooting Die Hard With a Vengeance in a Vanity Fair piece celebrating Willis' 70th birthday and shared his costar's wisdom about maintaining a steady career in Hollywood.

Samuel L. Jackson is reminiscing about some lucrative movie advice Bruce Willis gave him that ended up paying off ― big time. The two first collaborated on the third “Die Hard” movie, 1995’s “Die Hard With a Vengeance.

Samuel L. Jackson told Vanity Fair that Bruce Willis advised him in 1994 to find a beloved character to fall back on to have a stable career.