[Hildy]

I resurrected this thread after watching Broken Trail last night and just being amazed at what an outstanding actor he is and always has been. His career is spectacular. I went to his IMDB web page and found these two great quote and a little factoid that sealed him in my mind as one of the greats of of our lifetime:

"They should keep their mouths shut." - on Hollywood political activists

"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."

He publicly criticized director Steven Spielberg for flying to Cuba in October 2002, and vowed never to work for Dreamworks studio again.

[Hildy]

see post above...How come Hollywood never honors Robert Duvall with one of those AFI film Institute gigs? Could this be the reason?

[Tribune7]

"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 that's worth repeating.