Shoving Quotes

(answering a Chris Matthews question about why Hollywood actors sometimes presume to be sophisticated about politics) Everyone`s entitled to express their political beliefs. I don`t presume to tell anybody who to vote for. I am comfortable telling people what my opinions are. But you have to look also to the media, where you have a vast majority of the loudest and most influential political voices in America media from people who came from the entertainment world. You have Rush Limbaugh, was a radio disc jockey. Bill O`Reilly came from "Inside Edition" (1988). Michael Moore`s a filmmaker. Al Franken was on "Saturday Night Live" (1975). The line is increasingly blurred between news and entertainment. Secondarily, the media`s also shoving celebrities down our throats all the time. As a person, I`m much more interested in what an actor has to say about something substantial and important than who they`re dating or what clothes they`re wearing or some other asinine, insignificant aspect of their life.

My God, no! I hate this whole hunk thing! I feel when I see myself in that, and these other cute faces, that I`m just part of this meat factory, like, `Wow! Here`s the hunk of the month! This month we`re shoving Leonardo DiCaprio down your throat! Isn`t he cute. Let`s put him on the cover and we`ll sell so many more magazines...` That`s definitely not what I want to be, and I`ve tried real hard to get away from that whole situation.

I tried to do the commercial thing. But I don`t want to keep shoving Twinkies down everyone`s throat. People are hungry for something of more substance.

I don`t want someone shoving his views down my throat, unless they`re covered in a crunchy candy shell.

It`s not perfect by any means, but I do think I wrote a pretty good argument for it being better than shoving your hand over the fire.

I am not disputing the need for this money. What I am disputing and calling attention to is the fact that we are taking the tab for defense in our time against terrorists in the Middle East and elsewhere and shoving this tab off onto our children.