Kurt Russell wishes celebs in Hollywood would just keep their opinions to themselves. He believes they should just remain the “court jesters” they are. Russell told the New York Times this week,
“As far as I’m concerned, you should step away from saying anything so that you can still be seen by the audience in any character, there’s no reason entertainers can’t learn just as much as anybody else about a subject, whatever it is. But I think that what’s sad about it is that they lose their status as a court jester.”
Russell also described a lot of Liberals and Conservatives in Hollywood as faux-liberals or faux-conservatives, either one just looking to get more eyes on them.
Kurt Russell Doesn’t Think Celebs Should Get Involved In Politics – “I’m A Court Jester”
Just because these celebrities have a platform, he doesn’t believe that they constantly have to use it. There’s nothing wrong with having an opinion, but voicing that opinion at 100 decibels every day would be exhausting no matter what.
He continued speaking of his political idealogy and said he discovered Libertarianism.
“When I was a young guy, I was finding myself not quite being able to see the things that were going on and buy into a political culture. I didn’t know what to do, so I finally said, ‘Why don’t I go back and see what the Founding Fathers were all about, and see how that stacked up. Well, I found them and I found libertarianism.”
Kurt Russell doesn’t believe think they shouldn’t occasionally speak out about it, “a court jester isn’t always funny” he said. “The one thing I don’t agree with is that just because we have a platform we always have to use it. That is our choice.”
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