"Any man who'd make an X-rated movie ought to have to take his daughter to see it."
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
If it hadn`t been for football and the fact I got my leg broke and had to go into the movies to eat, why, who knows, I might have turned out to be a liberal Democrat.
I`m not going to give you those I-was-a-poor-boy-and-I-pulled-myself-up-by-my-bootstraps-stories, but I`ve gone without a meal or two in my lifetime, and I still don`t expect the government to turn over any of its territory to me.
[When asked if he believed in God] There must be some higher power or how else does all this stuff work?
I have found a certain type calls himself a liberal . . . Now I always thought I was a liberal. I came up terribly surprised one time when I found out that I was a right-wing conservative extremist.
Very few of the so-called liberals are open-minded . . . they shout you down and won`t let you speak if you disagree with them.
I don`t think a fella should be able to sit on his backside and receive welfare. I`d like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living.
I think that the loud roar of irresponsible liberalism . . . is being quieted down by a reasoning public. I think the pendulum is swinging back. We`re remembering that the past can`t be so bad. We built a nation on it. We have to look to tomorrow.
To me, The Wild Bunch (1969) was distasteful. It would have been a good picture without the gore. Pictures go too far when they use that kind of realism, when they have shots of blood spurting out and teeth flying, and when they throw liver out to make it look like people`s insides. "The Wild Bunch" was one of the first to go that far in realism, and the curious went to see it. That may make the bankers and stock promoters think that it is a necessary ingredient for successful motion pictures. They seem to forget the one basic principle of our business - illusion. We`re in the business of magic. I don`t think it hurts a child to see anything that has the illusion of violence in it. All our fairy tales have some kind of violence - the good knight riding to kill the dragon, etc. Why do we have to show the knight spreading the serpent`s guts all over the candy mountain?
I`ve known Jane Fonda since she was a little girl. I`ve never agreed with a word she`s said, but would give my life defending her right to say it.
[on The Alamo (1960)] This picture is America. I hope that seeing the battle of the Alamo will remind Americans that liberty and freedom don`t come cheap. This picture, well, I guess making it has made me feel useful to my country.
I don`t want ever to appear in a film that would embarrass a viewer. A man can take his wife, mother, and his daughter to one of my movies and never be ashamed or embarrassed for going.
Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I`m not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be.
It`s kind of a sad thing when a normal love of country makes you a super patriot. I do think we have a pretty wonderful country, and I thank God that He chose me to live here. __________________
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It's an interesting thing...when one agrees with a celebrity they posess the wisdom of Solomon, when we disagree they are vapid fools who are wasting our time.
I loved the Duke in pretty much all his movies, I liked Warren Beaty in his too. I'm not quite sure how either's talent as an actor makes him someone to be listened to on anything other than how to act and get paid for it.
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Well it's like anybody else. If they say something intelligent. You tend to listen. If they say something stupid. You tend to think that person is a yo yo. __________________
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Translation: When they agree with my preconceived notions they have the wisdom of solomon, whent they disagree they are vapid fools wasting my time.
Oh yeah, and given that Texas came into the Union as a Slave state, I think it's a little hard to call the Alamo a fight for "freedom".
But hey, he's just a vapid fool I guess. Sort of like Warren Beatty.
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No you didn't just diss Davy Crockett and the boys who died at the Alamo. __________________
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No I didn't diss them, I just don't think it's quite fair to say they fought for freedom, except you know, freedom to steal land from the legitimate recognized government so as to impose slavery upon it.
As that is a feedom, I suppose they are freedom fighters.
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Maybe they didn't get a completely perfect state, but that's why a lot of other men died in the civil war. __________________
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Yes, but you don't say Birth of a Nation is a story about Freedom, the historical reality just doesn't mesh with the notion. It just shows that hollyhood celebreties don't know what they're talking about and shouldn't be listened to when they are discussing politics. Unless of course they happen to agree with what your preconceived notions of politics.
It's just that such celbrity quotes aren't argument, they are just things that if you happen to agree with them, make you feel warm and fuzzy, and if you don't agree with them remind you why you really wish actors would stay out of politics.
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It's just mainly that liberal actors have less than greatly intelligent thoughts. Conservative actors as few and far between they are have usually taken more time to think about the issues. __________________
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Oh and I get warm and fuzzy whenever anybody says something conservative. __________________
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Conservative thinkers like Victoria Jackson?
Not that I don't love Victoria, she was great on SNL and UHF. But really, I think your second notion is the one. You get warm and fuzzy...just like liberals get warm and fuzzy when someone says someting liberal.
No differnce, just preaching to the choir.
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If someone wants to get all happy over something let them. Just shows where their heart is. Mine is with conservatism. __________________
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Which is great, but I don't think you would let a liberal get away with saying "Hey look what a genius Warren Beatty is" and provide a list of quotes form him. It's all good though.
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Well I guess not, but I disagree with liberalism. So I'm bound to say I disagree. __________________
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If I have to choose a celebrity that says anything that I even get remotely 'fuzzy' over, it would be Penn Gillette or his mentor James Randi. Stephen King deserves a small nod for some of his commentaries I've read over the years as well. __________________
But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
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I think James "The Amazing" Randi would likely reject the notion that your warm fuzziness was related to any kind of spooky action at a distance on his part.
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That's good because the fuzziness in question would be strictly an admiration for his wisdom and insight, especially when he speaks on matters such as the supernatural or mystical. __________________
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And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
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Uh you know you all get warm and fuzzy when Luke Skywalker says let the force be with you.
I get the same feeling when Jonathan Kent talks to Clark Kent in Superman the Movie right before he dies. __________________
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I believe in Harvey Dent!
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Ok, for a fictional character, whether comic or movie, look no further than the pic on this post. __________________
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And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
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Not much makes me warm and fuzzy especially when it comes to celebs but I like this one.
