Why is this all such a big surprise. Actors tend to be dumb. Hollywood is mostly actors. Therefore why is it a surprise when dumb people say dumb things. If the last few elections have proven, no one pays attentions to hollywood. Name the last time Oliver Stone had a successful movie? Was it Alexander?
Alexander?
That homoerotic piece of garbage bombed big time!
The thing is that actors aren't actually "dumb". If they were truly dumb, then we couldn't hold them accountable for the things they say. But they're not dumb, they are just ignorant, due in large part to the fact that they work in an industry that:
1) ...is very insular and isolated from mainstream society;
2) ...focuses on "emotional truths" via images and rhetoric to the exclusion of cold hard facts, making them far too easily swayed by images and rhetoric;
3) ...is so lucrative for the few that make it to that level that images and rhetoric easily make them feel guilty for their achievements, and they will latch onto anything that gives the appearance of compassion or altruism;
4) ...is so un-regulated compared with any other industry you can name that retribution against anyone the Hollywood powers that be disagree with (blacklisting) can be done openly and with impunity.
The average actor is probably average to slightly above average intelligence. Their problem is not low IQ but ignorance, isolation, over-reliance on emotions, and a near cult-like loyalty to the hyper-secular ideology of Hollywoodland. In other words, Stockholming on a massive scale...
"Actors tend to be dumb."
Not Gary Johnston. Gary had a double major in theater and world languages at Iowa University.