"When you make bad movies and they don't make any money, you can always go back to this character everybody loves," Willis told Jackson of joining a franchise.

Samuel L. Jackson says Bruce Willis advised him to find a fallback character if his films ever flopped after working together on 'Die Hard' sequel.

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.