Robert Duvall on Obama: 'We've Got To Keep This Guy Out of the White House'

[Omaha Steve]

http://defamer.com/5064169/robert-duvall-on-obama-weve-got-to-keep-this-guy-out-of-the-white-house

5:05 PM on Wed Oct 15 2008
By Kyle Buchanan

Robert Duvall may have been one of the few Hollywood Republicans to avoid the cinematic turkey that was An American Carol, but that doesn't mean the venerable actor isn't willing to speak out about his political opinions. This week, Duvall attended a $1,500-a-head GOP fundraiser where he was tasked with introducing vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, and the actor let loose with a series of left-bashing statements that would place him firmly on the elder side of the McCain/Letterman War of '08:



"On the other side of the aisle, you have some pretty despicable people," . Duvall called out liberal NYT columnist Frank Rich, a former theater critic: "He knew nothing about acting." Then there was the time he met Gloria Steinem: "She totally ignored the woman standing behind me. Totally ignored her. So much for her feminism." Duvall was more restrained when it came to Barack Obama: "As far as I'm concerned, we've got to keep this guy out of the White House."

Duvall was immediately besieged by scripts from the reps of Jon Cryer and the dude from The Cutting Edge, each actor proposing a "buddy Western" in which Duvall and the C-lister of his choice would ride around D.C. and Manhattan on horseback, lassoing liberals together before vying for the attention of the shrill, blond-streaked little lady from the ranch next door.

[Clintonista2]

1. What a loser

Always hated his movies.

[Lautremont]

60. You hate The Godfather, MASH and To Kill A Mockingbird?

[fifthoffive]

62. I didn't know Duvall

was playing himself in M*A*S*H :evilgrin:

[whistler162]

76. No he played himself in

To Kill A Mockingbird!

[fifthoffive]

81. LOL

That was my first thought too, but while Boo may have been mentally slow, he was a good person. Frank Burns was smart enough, but was a mean, paranoid SOB. Somehow that sounded more like Duvall to me.

Edited to add - Frank Burns was a fundie as well.

[pink-o]

109. Wasn't he also the jerk Marine Father in "The Great Santini"

Playing himself again.

[krkaufman]

127. As well as MASH... he *was* Frank Burns. n/t

[Johonny]

90. more like his character in The Coversation

I.E. a victim. Good actor, but yet another American that would rather be a victim than actually vote for their best interest.

[Clintonista2]

Yup

[LynneSin]

69. Duvall was a small part of many of those movies

and he's done alot of shit movies out there too

[PVnRT]

72. The Godfather is very overrated

I've always thought.

[Teaser]

99. Yeah, pretty much hate them all

Godfather: overrated, boring.

MASH: less funny than the TV show. How'd they manage that?

To Kill A Mockingbird: There's a reason Harper Lee only wrote one book. That itself should have kept it from being a movie.

[hangman86]

149. I understand your anger

But you know jack shit about movies.

[butterfly77]

64. You can add Jon VOight and Chuck Norris...

to that list these two seem very ignorant and very uneducated as I watch them speak against Obama they are really some wingnuts..

[gaiilonfong]

2. Duvall HAS-BEEN- BIGOT- RACIST-3rd rate actor

nuff-said

isn't he making 5th rate spaghetti westerns now

[gmudem]

34. He's a pretty damn good actor

I mean this guy was in the Godfather 1 and 2 as well as Apocalypse Now. He may have some idiotic views but the man has been in some classic movies.

[Ishoutandscream2]

59. Yes, an excellent actor. His portrayal of the fundy minister

in "The Apostle." Being from Texas, and having personal experience with these type of fundies, I found his portrayal of a fundy minister brilliant. However, it's a damn shame that he is a Repig. Sometimes, you have to overlook those things.

[yardwork]

87. Yes, he was great in The Apostle and in Tender Mercies. Too bad....

[Virginia Dare]

54. You forgot misogynist...n/t

[beachmom]

80. Don't confuse the person for their art. Duvall is a superb actor,

who has delusional political beliefs. I still really like him as an actor.

[sunnybrook]

111. Absolutely agree with you

I was quite disappointed when I recently learned of his political views. But he is an absolutely great actor. Unenlightened apparently, but still a great actor. I hope I don't hear that Gene Hackman is a Repug. He is my other favorite actor!

[Zomby Woof]

124. Gene Hackman is liberal

You can rest easy. :-)

[sunnybrook]

148. Oh good!

:applause: I already knew I was safe with my other favorite, Robert DeNiro, because I've seen him at Democratic events. Duvall must be a freak of nature, still has too much Texas in him.

[Zomby Woof]

151. Duvall is not a Texan

He was born in San Diego, CA. Much as I loved him as Gus McRae, it's hard to fathom how incredibly ignorant the sonofabitch is.

[AspenRose]

3. DB SWEENEY?!

Was that the "Cutting Edge" guy?!

That's disappointing...

Well - Duvall WAS in "The Handmaid's Tale".... :scared:

[deadparrot]

78. Aw, "The Cutting Edge" is one of my guilty pleasure movies.

Oh well.

[undeterred]

93. Proves you can be a great actor and a complete idiot about politics.

[choie]

97. Doesn't it say the REPS of Sweeney and Cryer, not the actors themselves?

I don't think that means Sweeney and Cryer are repugs. Necessarily. Ugh, I hope not, anyway...

[americanstranger]

104. Cryer is, sorry to say.

Duckie went over to the Dark Side.

- as

[choie]

125. Dang. Well, I always had a bigger crush on Andrew McCarthy anyway. ;) n/t

[MagickMuffin]

135. See post 134 ;=D

:evilgrin:

[MagickMuffin]

134. According to Newsmeat Cryer has given money to Obama during the primary

the max of $2300. He also gave to another Dem. No money to rethugs.

http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Jon_Cryer.php

[Whalestoe]

4. Probably worried about finally paying taxes.

What an idiot.

[Mme. Defarge]

5. The successor to Charlton Heston

I guess nature really does abhor a vacuum.

[Kajsa]

6. Nice,

Not one more dime goes towards his movies on my end.

[Cha]

16. I don't watch anyone who stands in the way

of getting our country back..not now. It's too important.

[Kajsa]

52. I'm with you there, Zidzi.

it's way too important, especially now.

[jhrobbins]

77. Yeah, me too, but it surprised me just who are the right wing actors

I mean besides the usual ones. I was disappointed to find out that Matthew Modine was Republican - he was one of my favorites-no more. also Gary Sinise, Kelsey Grammar, Everybody Loves Raymond's wife, etc.

[Cha]

83. Yeah, and james caan..who knew. Doesn't matter

who they are..I don't have time for them now..there's too many really good actors who do know what's going onB-)

[Lilyeye]

85. I don't know about Modine

Matthew Modine was on Bill O one night discussing being a liberal. Bill O hardly let him talk and was pretty rude. So where did you hear that about him?

[jhrobbins]

89. I don't remember offhand, but you have given me hope about Matthew

[Lautremont]

91. I just read an interview with Modine, and he sure doesn't sound like a Republican.

That's surprising.

[HughMoran]

7. Robert Duval - right-wing filth

I guess I won't be able to watch his shit again. What an ass hole.

[Dr Fate]

8. I like a few of his roles from 30 or 40 years ago.

I didnt know he was such a bitter old man- oh well- I can still enjoy some his old flicks.

[maxsolomon]

9. Frank Rich isn't in congress, Bob

i do not give a fuck what a meat puppet has to say.

[Overseas]

10. Democrats to Duvall-- we've gotta boycott your movies. //eom

[DevonRex]

Agreed. Can't stand him anyway, so it's no hardship. nt

[tblue]

19. Maybe he really is Boo Radley. Tough, but not too smart.

[DebbieCDC]

32. Excellent post

I had forgotten his role as Boo Radley

No wonder Michael Corleone demoted him.

[Geek_Girl]

122. Not me I enjoy most of his work

I don't let politics get in the way of good art.

Now Voight, Hopper, Drew Carry and the rest of them pretty can't act their way out of a paper bag and are not worth my time or money.

But Duvall is one of the best.

[TornadoTN]

11. Sorry Robert, time has passed you by

You get worse and worse in each movie you appear in. Just hang it up, count your cash and continue jacking it to Patricia Heaton. That's about all your good for these days.

P.S. - I used to like you as an actor, so don't give me that "you don't like me because of my beliefs!" bullshit. You just really, really suck now.

[Cha]

12. He looks worse than mccain..no wonder he likes 'im.

Let Dennis Hopper and duval duke it out..see who comes out the winner.

[Stellabella]

120. Yes, not aging well at all.

What's with the huge wart on his nose?

[tblue]

13. So he's hitched his wagon to a sinking ship. Otay. We've got De Niro, so there!

[Whalestoe]

17. Paul Newman liked Obama too.

Newman, De Niro > Dumbass Duvall

[tblue]

36. Why is it always the good ones who pass away?

Not that I'm wishing anybody dead, but you know what I mean.

[Whalestoe]

40. I don't know. It's a strange world out there.

[Left Is Write]

51. Newman left a huge void when he died.

[smoochpooch]

14. This is so disappointing, because I really love Lonesome Dove.

But at least we still have Tommy Lee Jones.

[NatBurner]

15. *tosses "the great santini" dvd*

[Geek_Girl]

116. Don't do that. One actor does not a movie make

Great art is great art regardless if the main actor is rw nutbag. And to be quite frank he's a good actor so what if his politics suck.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

18. He's right.

I'm sure Frank Rich doesn't understand the intricacies of playing second fiddle to Will Farrell in "Kicking and Screaming".

[spanone]

20. should i be the one to tell mr duval that mr obama will occupy the white house?

it's good news to me and the whole fucking world, bob

[featherman]

21. Great actor - I won't hold his deluded political views aganst him

[samdogmom]

22. Thanks! He's now on my "AVOID AT ALL COSTS" list!

I sure hope his "career" takes a nose dive and never recovers!

[proud2BlibKansan]

23. Wow I had no idea

Well he just lost my support.

[dchill]

24. "This guy" = "That one."

It's the new black.

[TornadoTN]

25. Funny how the GOP double standard works

They criticize HOLLYWOOD as evil and "librul" and lambast every actor who has an opinion different to their own.

Yet, they hoist this fucker up and proclaim him the patron saint of all that is good and holy - yet he is one of the same people that they bash in the same breath.

[namahage]

31. And which party actually had an actor in the WH? n/t

[Left Is Write]

56. And other actors in other offices.

[Politicalboi]

66. And here

In Calyfornya too.

[WinkyDink]

47. They just say anything to get the ignorant masses riled up. Those ones who go to movies. Heh.

[global1]

26. You Smell This Mr. Duvall - An Obama Win - Smells Like Victory......

Napalm clip from Apocalypse Now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPXVGQnJm0w&feature=related

[Blue_Tires]

73. Duvall is ALWAYS Col. Kilgore to me...

and even more entertaining is reading the user comments for just about any u.s. war movie clip...

[Geek_Girl]

115. awsome I love that movie

nt

[peoli]

27. Say it ani't so Bob

[gkhouston]

28. Wow. I thought he only pretended to be crazy for money. n/t

[vi5]

29. Don't care. He's still a great actor...

I'm not going to be like those goons on the other side and not like a person's creative work simply because we don't share the same politics. Duvall is a great actor and always has been. There are plenty of right on lefty celebs whose work is crap and I wouldn't watch/read/listen to/whatever just because they share my politics.

[paulk]

75. well said

pettiness exists on both sides of the aisle, as many of the responses in this thread demonstrate.

[Geek_Girl]

118. He is a very good actor

and I love allot of his movies

[XOKCowboy]

126. It's like Hanoi Jane...

only from a "progressive" pov. I don't give a damn about his politics. I don't get my political cues from actors on either side. Robert Duvall is one of the best actors of our generation and I will continue to go see his movies.

[4lbs]

30. How ironic.

Then there was the time he met Gloria Steinem: "She totally ignored the woman standing behind me. Totally ignored her. So much for her feminism."

========================================

Robert Duvall prefers women to stand behind him (like good little subservient girls), yet blasts Gloria Steinhem for being some kind of bad feminist.

:eyes:

[LibraLiz1973]

33. Whatever. I could give less than a shit about Duvall.

[kestrel91316]

35. I love Duvall the actor, but he has just permanently lost a fan.

[Zuiderelle]

37. OMG! Gloria Steinman ignored a complete stranger standing behind someone else.

How horrid!

Duvall sucks.

[Warren DeMontague]

38. Why can't these Hollyweird types keep their opinions to themselves?!?!?!

I thought they were all supposed to shut up and sing, or something. :eyes:

[Bake]

39. I'm disappointed, but get real, Duvall is still a great actor.

Being a great actor and having sane politics don't necessarily equate. There are good Dems in Hollywood who aren't great actors.

Duvall was great in the Godfather series. Great in Tender Mercies. Great in Lonesome Dove. Great in The Apostle.

Let's be fair. He's a great actor. I just don't like his politics.

Bake

[Left Is Write]

53. I am still a huge Sinatra fan, despite his Republican connections.

I'm sure he'd still be a big Republican donor if he were alive today, but I think he was a great performer and love his recordings.

The whole Duvall-in-the-tank-for-McCain thing is indicative of their hypocrisy, though. If the actor speaking out is a liberal, the other side shouts that Hollywood is irrelevant and full of idiots, and that "celebrities" need to sit down and shut up. If the actor speaking out is a conservative, he is the subject of their hero worship.

[Forrest Greene]

41. I Thought Hollywood Was

...supposed to be all infested-up with librulls.

[Reader Rabbit]

42. Say it ain't so, Boo Radley!

Boy, what a disappointment. Let's hire a medium to convince Paul Newman to haunt him.

[Spider Jerusalem]

43. And of course, the predictable 'I'm going to boycott his movies!' response from a lot of people...pf

I think this sort of ideological litmus test for performers and artists is a bit stupid, to be honest. I don't agree with Robert Duvall's political opinions; that doesn't mean I can't appreciate his acting ability and admire his talent (the same goes for people like Clint Eastwood and Gary Oldman). TS Eliot was a right-winger, so was Philip Larkin, and Ezra Pound was a fascist sympathiser who did propaganda broadcasts for Mussolini; does that mean I shouldn't like their poetry?

[THUNDER HANDS]

44. oh man, and I like Robert Duvall too

hell of an actor.

[Cheap_Trick]

45. Hey Bobby....

"The Apostle" sucked shit.

[Bake]

82. Actually, if you know anything about that subculture, it was BRILLIANT.

And Duvall's role was dead on the money.

Bake

[Cheap_Trick]

143. It was just a dig at him 'cuz he directed it as well as starred.....

:evilgrin:

Never seen it actually......

[Geek_Girl]

119. I liked it

nt

[amb123]

46. No surprise here.

Duvall has always been a right-wing nutcase.

[WinkyDink]

48. Maybe he likes Argentina for more than its women and tango.

http://www.reelwriter.net/2003/duvall.html

[iiibbb]

49. I don't know why people give a flying frack what the "famous" think.

Half our problem is this addiction to fame.

[nolabels]

50. He ain't one of my hero's

So what, a bit actor who had got lucky enough to play a couple larger roles has an opinion :shrug:

[TheDonkey]

55. Who the fuck is this guy?

Get lost old man...

[Starbucks Anarchist]

57. Sadly, one of my favorite actors.

[Sebastian Doyle]

58. Ok, Freepers, I'm calling your asses out here.

I demand that you say the same things about Duvall that you do about any other actor with an opinion, and remind him that "NOBUDDY WANTS TO HERE ABOUT POLITIKS FROM CELEBRUTIEZ" !!1111!!!!111

[VenusRising]

61. I think he took his role in The Apostle too seriously.

Or Tom Hagan. He is loving on those political mobsters.

Those were just pretend people you were playing, Bob.

:puke:

[Ishoutandscream2]

65. Man, I thought he was brilliant in The Apostle

He reminded me of several of the small town fundy ministers I knew growing up in rural Texas years ago. His portrayal was uncanny, and it sent shivers down my spine. It brought back all the fear I had of those people when I was very young.

[VenusRising]

68. I saw it while living in a small city in North Texas

so I completely understand what you mean. It was really scary!

[FatDave]

63. You ever catch this syndrome before, Duke?

[Labors of Hercules]

67. ugh.

:puke:

[JuniperLea]

70. I thought the Pubbies were against celebrity endorsements...

Oh, wait. Only when they endorse Democrats. Gotcha;)

[LTR]

71. Well, hey, even Dennis Hopper admitted he was voting for Obama!

So there is at least hope for Hollywood Republicans.

I'm not surprised about Duvall. He's a hardcore RWer. Still a great actor, though.

[Doremus]

74. Chalk another one off the list. I don't patronize rabid RWers and I certainly won't

add to their box office.

[cynatnite]

79. I used to enjoy his acting and he's nothing more than a bitter old man now n/t

[mvd]

84. They have one good actor, and he's washed up

We have many good actors and some attractive actresses doing spots for Obama (Hayden Panettiere and Blake Lively to name a couple.)

[Parche]

92. I Would Love To Get Lively With Blake

And all the other castmates!! :woohoo: :woohoo: :rofl:




And I still cant stand Alanis Morrisette......:rofl: :rofl: :hi:

[mvd]

94. Hayden's a little young, so Blake would be higher on my crush list

:hi:

[yardwork]

86. I'm surprised and appalled.

I knew that Duvall was right wing but I wouldn't have expected him to go this far. He is despicable.

[ccvirgo911]

88. God, this is disappointing

Lonesome Dove is one of my favorites, and I love Sling Blade too. He's good at losers,like his character in Sling Blade. Most right wing actors turn my stomach, but there is just something about Duvall as Gus McCrae that I can't turn my back on. I love that character so much, and I loved Duvall's portrayal. Now it's ruined for me. Every time I watch it now, I will have to remember what he is in real life.
Bummed.:banghead:

[Danger Mouse]

95. Great actor. Total douchebag.

[RagAss]

96. Sorry asshole...you're gonna have to cough up the tax $$....

and you're getting real old and ugly too....

[amborin]

98. what a vicious loser

[old mark]

100. I thought Duval was living in Argentina..Why would he care

who wins here?

mark

[Faygo Kid]

101. He ought to do a movie with Jon Voight: "Grumpy Old Fascists"

Too bad. He's a fine actor, but what a jerk.

It's not personal, Tom. It's just business.

[4lbs]

103. Call it "Grumpy Old Prunes". Would still have the GOP acronym.

:D

[Faygo Kid]

107. Yeah, that's important. How about, "Grumpy Old Pricks?"

That works for me.

[4lbs]

110. yeah, I thought of that before "Prunes", but I think that censors would battle it.

So, call the movie "Grumpy Old Prunes", but have the characters referred to as "Pricks" in the PG-13 movie.

[JustAnotherGen]

102. Remember Fred the Commander?

The movie version of Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale?

How fitting that he intro'd Serena Joy (aka S. Palin).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaid's_Tale_(film)

In the near future, as war rages across the fictional Republic of Gilead and pollution has rendered 99 percent of the female population sterile, Kate (Offred in the novel, in which her real name is not specified), sees her husband killed and her daughter kidnapped while trying to escape across the border to Canada. Kate herself is transformed into a Handmaid — a concubine for one of the privileged but barren couples who run the country's fundamentalist regime. Although she resists being indoctrinated into the bizarre cult of the Handmaids which mixes the Old Testament orthodoxy and misogynist cant with 12-step gospel and ritualized violence, Kate soon finds herself in the home of the Commander and his frosty wife, Serena Joy.

Forced to lie between Serena Joy's legs and be sexually penetrated impersonally each month by the Commander, Kate longs for her vanished earlier life; she soon learns that since many of the nation's powerful men are as sterile as their wives, she will have to risk the punishment for fornication — death by hanging — in order to sleep with another man who can provide her with the pregnancy that has become her sole raison d'être. The other man turns out to be Nick, the Commander's sympathetic driver. Kate grows attached to him — and eventually pregnant with his child. Only the affiliation of her fellow handmaid, Ofglen, seems to offer any chance of giving her unborn child a life of freedom — or finding the daughter she already lost.

Talk about life imitating art. Creepy.

[mitchum]

105. So much talent, so few brains

[bevoette]

106. IMO, Duvall is NOT a hack, a has been, a thirdrate actor, or a loser...

he is one of the most talented actors in Hollywood, who happens to have opinions on this election that i strongly disagree with...as i have disagreed with many other artists in the past.

i am very disappointed that he feels this way, but i never boycott art that i enjoy based on politics. i believe that does myself a disservice by denying myself pleasure because i disagree with them :shrug:


on the other hand, Stephen Baldwin can't act himself out of a paper bag.

[MrScorpio]

121. I agree on all points nt

[XOKCowboy]

128. Thank you

I go to movies to escape reality. I never knew his politics until now and have always been a fan of his movies and characters. It's like Repugs "boycotting" Jane Fonda, George Clooney, etc. Pointless.

[martymar64]

133. He's a talented actor that happens to be a Nazi

You may disagree with the nazi label, but he is their intellectual and ideological brother. He shares the same world view as Tim McVeigh, in my book. His talent as an actor is irrelevant. I hope Hollywood does to him what his cronies did to our side during the Blacklist. If he wants to work, maybe he can make some of those dreadful Left Behind movies.

[frogmarch]

108. Duvall once said he was

a republican because Abraham Lincoln was. How odd.

[windbreeze]

112. One more of my favorites bites the dust...damn...n/t

[Bucky]

113. "She totally ignored the woman standing behind me." How many paces behind him was his wife?

It's so hard to judge these thing. If she stays too many paces behind you in a crowded room, how can we be sure you really own her?

[Geek_Girl]

114. I guess the GOP has to have one decent actor on their side

But I can't think of any other pro GOP actor that can actually act.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

117. these guys all look like aliens!

look at his skin!

[barack the house]

123. The cheek of him no-one says we got to keep him out of Hollywood. Duvall if people have money you>

earn more you dummy. You protect folks at the bottom to keep folks who are rich at the top. Ends justify the means let alone Barack isn't even raising taxes much for the rich anyway.

[fujiyama]

129. Don't really care about his politics

He sounds like a moron. He is however a talented actor and I don't see why his politics have anything to do with it.

He had some great movies back in the day. His character was great in the first two Godfather movies. Apocalypse Now was brilliant too. His career seems to have gone down hill though. He hasn't really made any good movies in the last few years.

This talk of boycott and whatnot is somewhat immature. I mean, granted tickets are way overpriced anyways, but if an actor was starring in a film I thought looked good I would see it regardless of one or two of the actors' personal politics. Films are about much more than one actor (except in rare cases like Cast Away). They're ensembles and many people come together to produce a film - people of many different political stripes.

[vaberella]

130. The guy from The Cutting Edge (iceskating film) was D.B. Sweeney. As a teen I had a crush on him.

I used to be a total fangirl.

As Duvall...whatever. Actors really don't mean much especially since his money can't even help McCain any how, since McCain had already capped.

[mythyc]

131. Imagine --- this from the actor who played THX-1138

the irony is unsettling

:banghead:

[MrSlayer]

132. Sad really, Doesn't take away from his work though.

He and Wilford Brimley should get together for stadium tours promoting McCain. That will work out well.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

136. Mr Duvall was also responsible for this wonderful quote

<One guy asked me, 'How can you be an actor and be a Republican?'. I can vote either way. But how can you boil it down to political affiliation? All the atrocities against blacks in the South were committed by Democratic sheriffs>

And here he is happily supporting a presidential ticket whose supporters are encouraging racism and a party which has worked to discriminate against and disenfranchize African-Americans for the past few decades. As much as I respect your acting, SHAME ON YOU Mr Duvall

[saltpoint]

137. I like Duvall's acting. His politics? Eh, not so much.

[polichick]

138. Wow, what an asshole! I'll never see another Duvall movie.

[BeyondGeography]

139. Yeah, but Boo Radley has endorsed Obama so fuck you, Bob

:hi:

[RFKHumphreyObama]

145. I believe that both Atticus Finch and Gregory Peck would have endorsed Obama

If they had had the chance. I have a feeling Scout would have supported Obama too

[BeyondGeography]

146. Not to mention Dill...

Jem, I worry about a little bit.

[tomp]

140. his comments on steinem are just plain twisted.

as if anyone could understand what actually happened based on his virtual absence of a descriiption of the event. steinem ignores a woman standing behind him, so her feminist credentials are erased?

and, obviously there are no despicable people on the republican side of the aisle, right?

this type of speech argues strongly for some sort of mental pathology.

great actor, though.

[Beacool]

141. Robert Duvall is a very good actor.

His politics are his own business. He has a right to support whomever he wishes just like the rest of us.

:shrug:

[DarbyUSMC]

144. Agree. A Famly Thing and The Apostle are a couple of my favorite movies.

He is who he is in his real life.

[Beacool]

147. Yep, I don't judge actors by their politics.

The exception for me is John Wayne. He testified against his fellow artists in Congress during the McCarthy witch hunt. People lost their jobs thank to this creep. Therefore, I refuse to watch any of his movies.

[Terran]

142. That's disappointing

I love Duvall as an actor, and he always seems to play some really compassionate, thoughtful men...not the sorts who'd be voting for McCain. Oh well, just shows you that acting is what it is, it's not the real person underneath.

[and-justice-for-all]

150. He is intitled to his opinion...

but I do not have to agree with it.

McCrypt/Falin has to be kept out of the White House.