eight years spent longing
for Hollywood’s realism
and sincerity
Lawyer, Actor and Politician Fred Thompson described his thoughts on who he might include in his autobiography.
Mr. Thompson wrote:
There were the early days when I was a federal prosecutor.
Then there would be a part about my role as counsel for the Watergate committee, and my part in revealing the taping system in the Nixon White House.
Then, of course, I would relate some of my experiences in the movie business as well as on the TV show Law & Order.
And there would be the eight years I spent in the U.S. Senate (which made me long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood).
The U.S. Senate made me long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.
I am reminded of something I heard Jim Harrison say in an interview that the only way he, Mr. Harrison, could stand being in Hollywood was the knowledge that, due to air travel, he could be back where he lived in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in just a matter of hours.
Mr. Thompson’s time in the US Senate made him long for Hollywood.
Mr. Harrison’s time in Hollywood made him long for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Have you have been to the U.P.?
I’ll let you draw any conclusions but often I think it is not a question of whether or not this Republic WILL survive, but HOW did we make it this far?
*From Teaching the Pig to Dance: A Memoir of Growing Up and Second Chances by Fred Thompson, Crown, 2010.
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