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Anthony Hopkins on Why He Doesn't Talk About Politics: 'Actors Are Pretty Stupid'
PJ Media ^ | 8 Dec 2019 | Michael Van Der Galien

Posted on 12/08/2019 4:10:53 PM PST by Rummyfan

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To: Rummyfan

Tony is an awesome guy. Wish i could join him for coffee some day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pgeNiMYiUk


61 posted on 12/08/2019 8:10:03 PM PST by know.your.why
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To: Rummyfan

Smart actors keep their mouths shut. He’a proven what type he is. Fools open their mouths and confirm it to the world.


62 posted on 12/08/2019 8:22:20 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

No. He’s probably more intelligent than most considering his cautiousness.

In reality he’s an actor who wants to keep acting. Not being a hardcore nutwad bleating out libtard talking points keeps audiences from boycotting him and his films.


63 posted on 12/08/2019 8:24:19 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Bogle
While we’re on the topic.. Seinfeld is another classy dude who doesn’t get into politics, even when others try to force him to.

Pretty sure I heard Alan Arkin say just about the same thing as Hopkins quite a few years back. Always loved him as an actor but my admiration for him greatly increased when I heard that.

64 posted on 12/08/2019 8:34:12 PM PST by Shethink13 (there are 0 electoral votes in the state of denial)
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To: blueunicorn6

The Silence of the Actors........ if only : )


65 posted on 12/08/2019 10:06:14 PM PST by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....)
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To: lee martell
Most actors and entertainers use political controversy to provide them the attention their acting talent will not do. Hopkins doesn’t have to use that tactic.

I rarely watch movies. One day I decided I would watch a movie on TV. I came across "the Fastest Indian in The World." It was a biography of an Aussie who won a race in the US against all odds. Anthony Hopkins portrayed the Aussie. He gave a gripping performance. I couldn't stop watching. Yes, he is an actor, a good one.

66 posted on 12/08/2019 10:48:03 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts (Behind enemy lines)
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To: noiseman
I’m sure Mark Ruffalo would be just fine receiving his daily bowl of government-provided gruel in payment for his acting effort.

Given some of his recent performances, I'm guessing that the gruel would be quite thin.

67 posted on 12/08/2019 10:59:33 PM PST by ssaftler ("Congressman Schiff, have you no shame?")
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To: Beagle8U

A smart liberal POS, who could separate his acting from his politics, so people on either side of the spectrum could enjoy his performances, even in stupid TV shows, such as Kevin Serbo’s Hercules where he played Zeus. He played a very earthy, even funny Zeus. Nothing political. Nothing political in La Strada, This Man is Innocent, Requiem for a Heavyweight, etc. Just a man and his role. Besides, he managed to nail a young chick at the age of 80-something, and sire a child. I should be so able at that age.

Compare that with Kevin Kostner. Prince of Thieves? Water World? Feh! Everything had to be political. And political leftardian to the nth degree. Same thing with Leonardo de Crapio. The only thing I liked about Titanic was watching him freeze to death at the end. Pretty boy leftard, and it showed. In fairness, John Wayne was sometimes political.

Anthony Quinn was old school just a great actor. Same thing with Hopkins, who is following the example of better men than the modern crop can produce.


68 posted on 12/09/2019 12:13:47 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5

I loved all his movies, and I saw them all, but he was a liberal POS that hated conservatives.


69 posted on 12/09/2019 3:55:33 AM PST by Beagle8U (It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you place the blame.)
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To: Beagle8U

I don’t care. If Barbara Streisand would just shut up and sing, I wouldn’t care about her politics, either. When they keep shoving it in your face, like Jane Fonda or Leonardo deCrapio, it gets on my nerves, not just because I disagree, but because all I want from them is some f@#$ing entertainment, not sermons about how virtuous they are. At least John Wayne managed to be an unique character, not just a billboard sign with a pretty face like Kostner.


70 posted on 12/09/2019 4:21:56 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Mark

..and some Chianti?


71 posted on 12/09/2019 4:24:14 AM PST by Cvengr ( Adversity in life & death is inevitable; Stress is optional through faith in Christ.)
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To: Hatteras

Alice Cooper has a degree in physics.


72 posted on 12/09/2019 7:16:15 AM PST by GingisK
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To: Rummyfan

Great actor, smart man!


73 posted on 12/09/2019 5:55:58 PM PST by EdnaMode
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