Playing Bill Clinton is really, probably, the scariest time of my career.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The first time I met Bill Clinton was actually 1988.
I like Bill Clinton.
I spent a weekend in the White House with President Clinton, back in '99, I guess. We played golf and just hung out and talked on many subjects. I saw him several times subsequently in L.A. He's the smartest man I ever met, a great politician. Everybody was star struck around him.
I was always fascinated by politics, and I did not like the direction the country was going under Bill Clinton.
When Bill Clinton ran in '92, and I listened to him, and I had of course known of his record from Arkansas, I found him extraordinarily inspirational, and I voted Democratic.
The scariest thing in my life is the first morning of production on all my movies. It's the fear of failing, the loss of face, and a sense of guilt that everybody puts their faith in you and not coming through.
I'd spent 25 years in government when I left the Defense Department back in '93, decided I'd go spend the rest of my career in the private sector, and then the president tapped me to come be his running mate. And it's been a remarkable experience. I wouldn't have missed it for the world.
JFK is a role I've always dreamt of playing.
I can't do anything too serious like Saddam Hussein, but I would like to do Bill Clinton. That'd be fun.
Bill Clinton is the greatest president of the 20th century because I played touch football with him.