I became a conservative for the first dozen years of my professional life in Berkeley, Calif., and it was a reaction against political correctness, so I get it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I haven't always been warmly welcomed for holding my conservative positions in Hollywood. Then again, I've never been very good at being politically correct either, on or off screen. So why start now?
I grew up in a very liberal place.
I grew up in a very conservative home.
I didn't know I was a conservative when it didn't matter to me growing up.
I think that people always just assumed that I was a liberal because I came from Southeast Seattle.
I've always been conservative. I was born that way.
Berkeley had a liberal element in the student body who tended to be quite active. I think that's in general a feature of intellectually active places.
I've always been a conservative first.
I don't know how many parts I've lost because a lot of the politics in California are very conservative, and I'm fairly outspoken. I always tried to get as much politics in as I could, because I do believe in class struggle, and I think that's what's left out.
I grew up conservative because my mum was a conservative, and when I finally realized what conservatives were, I changed my mind immediately.