Washington, March 23 -- Actor Samuel L Jackson recalled the valuable advice he received from Bruce Willis while they were shooting 'Die Hard With A Vengeance' in 1994.

"He told me, 'Hopefully you'll be able to find a character that when you make bad movies, and they don't make any money, you can always go back to this character everybody loves," shared Jackson in an interview celebrating Willis' 70th birthday, reported Deadline.

"He said, 'Arnold's got Terminator. Sylvester's got Rocky, Rambo. I've got John McClane.' I'm like, 'Oh, okay.' And it didn't occur to me until I got that Nick Fury role--and I had a nine-picture deal to be Nick Fury--that, Oh, I'm doing what Bruce said. I've got this character now."

Jackson went on to star in ...