Actor/Democrat/Social Liberal Ron Silver, who gave a rousing speech on Monday night at the convention, on his support for President Bush:
“I’m a 9/11 Republican,” he said. “If we don’t get this right, all the other things don’t matter worth a hill of beans. I’ll live to fight another day on health care, environmental concerns and sensible gun legislation. But this is such a predominant issue that it towers above all others, and I’m not certain both parties are capable of handling it the right way.”
And how his role has affected his status in Hollywood:
Mr. Silver said he had no evidence that his views had cost him any work.
But socially, he said, he has felt ostracized in Hollywood, reopening a chasm created when he supported Rudolph W. Giuliani, whom he describes as a friend, in his campaigns for mayor of New York.
“I just don’t get invited to the same dinner parties I used to like to go to,” Mr. Silver said. “And when I do get invited, there’s no engagement. It’s ‘Ron, you’re too smart for this,’ ‘Ron, you must be kidding,’ ‘Ron can we not talk about the war and have a nice dinner party?’ And then they talk about it, but everybody has the same opinion.
“I’m getting friendly with the Gatlin brothers, what can I tell you?”
