The exchange starts at 13:54 in the video above.

Say the N-Word, and I'll answer your question.

That's what "Django Unchained" star Samuel L. Jackson told a shocked TV interviewer recently.

Jackson was being grilled about his work in the latest Quentin Tarantino movie when Jake Hamilton of Houston's Fox TV affiliate brought up the use of the word in the film.

"There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the usage of the N-word in this movie," Hamilton said to Jackson.

No. Nobody. None," Jackson playfully interrupted. "The word would be?..."

Jackson then proposed the curious ultimatum to Hamilton.

"We're not going to have this conversation unless you say it," Jackson told Hamilton.

"I don't want to say it," Hamilton responded.

Jackson was then asked if he would say the word.

"No, f--- no," the actor responded.

Hamilton finally gave up on the subject, but not before saying it was a great question. To which Jackson responded, "it wasn't a great question if you can't say the word."

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