Still, he said, it would be wise for young Hollywood conservatives to exercise caution when speaking their minds.
Since Clint [Howard] isn’t an A-List Hollywood celebrity, he’s not too worried about how his conservative beliefs might affect his career.
“I’m in a good spot because, you know what? It doesn’t really matter,” he said. “The fact is, the studios aren’t banging down my door, the networks aren’t banging down my door. I work in a lot of little funky movies … so it’s not like I’m throwing everything away by stepping out of the closet.”
In fact, Howard said that he hopes his Heritage videos might actually help his acting career.
After playing so many goofy characters, he said, “selfishly for me, this was an opportunity for me to get a piece of tape of myself that is attorney-like, doctor-like, politician-like. … It was a nice opportunity as an actor to step up and show my skills.”
Still, he said, it would be wise for young Hollywood conservatives to exercise caution when speaking their minds.
“I’d tell young people trying to break into and succeed in the business: Be careful about this stuff,” he said.
“In general, we’ve all sort of kept our mouths shut,” Howard said of his Republican cohort. “A lot of us got fed up with the harsh attacks on President Bush when he made the decision to prosecute the first war in Afghanistan and then to make the move into Iraq. … On a few sets, I did not speak up. I wanted to, but there were some real liberal-minded people that were just throwing nasty stuff around about our president and I just felt like that’s what I wanted to do — fight back – and instead of fighting back, this like-minded fellowship has given us all a bit of release and a place to go and share.”
Read the full article here, except for Patrick Goldstein. He should start writing his angry, knee-jerk, corporate water-carrying immediately.
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