Bruce Willis gave Samuel L. Jackson priceless advice at the start of his career. Willis and Jackson were filming “Die Hard With a Vengeance” in 1994 when Willis told Jackson to find a character that everybody loves, just like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone did.

In a Vanity Fair story honoring Bruce Willis' 70th birthday, Samuel L. Jackson reflected on the advice his Die Hard With a Vengeance co-star Willis gave him while they were shooting the film in the '90s.