It was a typical Hollywood working party. Fox brought their TV talent out to a club in L.A., all black leather and rocker skulls, to mingle with reporters. Loud music playing. Open bar flowing. Familiar faces surrounded by unrecognized and unidentified minions. Keifer Sutherland, star of “24,” stood in a hip courtyard, reporters shoving recorders in his face. American Idol’s new judge, Kara DioGuardi, held court on a square modern couch, explaining she hasn’t yet had time to watch the show. David Boreanaz of “Bones” cozied up to the bar, while co-star Emily Deschanel laughed with friends on a couch downstairs.
Then….in a side room…Jon Voight fielded questions about “24.” He plays this season’s resident bad power player. The show has received more than its fair share of criticism because critics interpret it as an endorsement of Bush’s counter-terrorism tactics, which they consider torture. His response to the questions? (He very logically, but incorrectly, assumed this reporter was a lefty.)
“You gals are on that side of things. From my side, I’m glad to say I’m glad we haven’t had another 9/11 and that took a lot of work. And we don’t know all the work it took or all the things they stopped because nobody wants to scare us. But we’re dealing with a serious enemy.
“We take for granted a lot of things here. We’re very complacent. Thank God we have people looking out for us. It’s a very dangerous world out there and it’s quite easy to do damage. I hope they’re doing their job. I hope they’re doing things I don’t see. I hope they do everything possible. I hope we give them every tool to keep us safe.”
When asked if he was a conservative, Voight said, “I don’t like any labels at all. I’d like to be on the side of sanity and truth.”
I flashed my conservative credentials….writing for Big Hollywood and Voight gave a shout-out to Big Hollywood readers. “Do I have a message for the readers of Big Hollywood? Yeah. We’ve been given this great legacy from these great forefathers of ours and we must hold to it and not let it be lost. And as Jefferson said, we have to be eternally vigilant.”
Oh, and, yes. He’s seen Angie (his daughter, Angelina Jolie) recently and she and the kids are fine.
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