I didn't do this for the President. When I had this opportunity, not only was it work, but it was something that I could do, as an actor, for the victims and their families. Something I could give back.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was able to do something that people can't do these days, which is to have quality time with the guys who were trying to be president and a number of them who got the job.
I did what any American could and should do: serve his country in its time of need.
I worked in the White House on 9/11, where the vice president was given the authority to, if he deemed necessary, shoot down an American passenger jet.
It's a great experience. If you get a chance to run for president, do it.
The last thing I wanted to do was to be a wartime President.
So I went to George and told him I had the opportunity to become the figurehead of a government safety campaign, and he agreed to give me the week off and reschedule shooting!
On the contrary, I tried on numerous occasions to convince the American president not to go to war. I did what was within my capabilities to avoid that happening.
I wanted the influence. In the end I wasn't very good at being a president. I looked out of the window and thought that the man cutting the lawn actually seemed to have more control over what he was doing.
Well, when you come down to it, I don't see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?
I wouldn't miss this opportunity for anything. For the chance to work on these conservation issues, to serve my country, to work for this president, I'd do it all over again, every single minute.