#also in this interview he talks abt how he went to school to study medicine but got an english degree

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just when i thought i couldn’t like gregory peck anymore i stumbled upon this interview he did with the los angeles times in 2000. in the article he talked about what he did as the honorary chair of the los angeles library foundation (which was a role i didn’t know he took on and mind you, he was 84 at the time of this interview so that is so fucking cool). here is my most favorite part of the interview:

Q: But there is a distinction between choosing roles that you see as a way to express your views as an actor, and expressing them as an individual, as Gregory Peck the man.

A: Yes. There’s nothing wrong with good entertainment, and every film doesn’t have to have a message. I’ve certainly made swashbucklers and comedies and, of course, Westerns. Someone said to me that I could be among the Western stars, so why don’t you stay with it. And I said, because I like to talk, I like to have something to say. In life and in my work, I have spoken out against bigotry and discrimination of any kind. I am for gun control: registration of every single gun. They say that we who are for gun control want to take away hunters’ rifles, or pistols from people who enjoy marksmanship. Nonsense. We want to take guns out of the hands of children and people who are mentally deranged.