For the most part, Republicans and Democrats alike cheered as Harrison Ford’s President James Marshall kicked terrorists “the hell off of my plane,” in the classic action-adventure movie, Air Force One.
However, in the real world, Ford’s politics are decidedly a little more Hollywood one-sided. Ford seems to be dipping his toe into political waters, noting in a recent interview that talking about politics has become unavoidable.
Days after the 77-year-old actor appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live and called President Donald Trump a “son of a b—-,” he was asked about his recent forays into talking politics in an interview with CBS News. The star responded by noting that politics has become too divisive and called for a return to “the middle ground.”
“I think it’s come to the point where we gotta start talking politics,” Ford said. “But we gotta talk about it in a positive way. We gotta regain the middle ground. We’re in these ideological enclaves. But the truth is in the middle. Progress is made in the middle.”
When asked if he thought it was possible to get back to the middle ground, the iconic actor’s response was blunt. “We damn well better,” he shot back.
Ford was on hand to promote his new film, “The Call of the Wild,” which he says spoke to his personal beliefs about climate change and human beings’ impact on the natural world.
“We’re in danger of losing the support of nature for our lives, for our economies, for our societies,” Ford added in the interview. “Because nature doesn’t need people, [but] people need nature.”
The actor has previously been critical of the United States’ decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord. In the CBS interview, he noted that he believes young people will help usher in an era of actually making progress on climate change.
“I’m now seeing that I think we’re coming close to being able to really commit the resources and energy to confronting the issue because it’s taken up on the highest level of politics,” he explained. “It’s taken up on the streets by young people.”
Ford’s comments come after an appearance in Mexico City earlier this month where he bashed America’s current leadership while praising young climate activist Greta Thunberg.
“Science is being ridiculed by people in ideological campgrounds. They are refusing the wisdom, the discipline of science in favor of a political point of view,” Ford continued. “And that has to stop. And I believe young people throughout the world have known it has to stop and are capable and willing to make the sacrifices to make that happen.”
I hope Harrison Ford doesn’t fall into the Hollywood asshole group that thinks because they make movies, they Can start talking trash about political issues. He has always been one of my favorite actors, but Hollywood is full of flakes and fakes who like to preach about climate change and other hot issues, while they fly jets all around the world. Politics has always been divisive, and will continue to be, no matter who is in office. Stick with making movies and stay away from politics – and stand clear of late night clowns like jimmy Kimmel who likes to express his political views which are akin to trash.
SAD! Always like Ford. No More! Seems he has joined the ranks of the deranged. Good luck with his new movie. I’ll save my money and pass!
All we need is another “Idiot Globalist” that knows better how we should live.This clown can’t even fly an airplane; I have no desire to watch him try to fly and ultimately crash our country. Stick to acting. The primary reason for failure is to quit doing what you do best. Ford, we don’t need or want you.
Climate change is not man made. It is nature doing what it always does and always will. Changing! How else do we explain the ice age which came after the earth was warm and then warmed again when the glaciers retreated? What did man do to make these changes? By asking this I am said to be a climate denier. Name calling by the left will not change anything. Actors that are paid to repeat written scripts are no more knowledgeable on the climate than I I will not support Hollywood and its leftist views. I want clean air and water. Please don’t litter nor waste our resources
The words, “move to a middle ground” always means compromise from right to left and once that’s achieved, the call for a move to the middle ground is again brought up and repeated over and over until the original position the left wanted has been achieved.
There is no middle ground. Never has been. It’s a myth. When conservatives hold their ground they are portrayed as being unreasonable.
The “late”Harrison Ford will be fondly remembered, but who’s the replicant replacement, FCS?
I used to be a Harrison Ford fan. Well, he put an end to that!
This guy is a perfect Democratic candidate for anything because he ha accomplished their #1 requirement – he is a drunk.
I think the Millenium Falcon was leaking vapors of some kind into the cockpit and seriously damaged Harrison’s brain.
Harrison has been inhaling toxic vapors from the Millenium Falcon.
Ford stay in hollywierd keep on acting we the people are smarter than you and all your buds in Californacation maybe you should try to fix California first and not try to tell us how to live and what we need we know what we need TRUMP 2020 2024 and more like him
If Harrison Ford ever ran he would end up dead last, who needs a flaming, big mouth jerk like him??? NOT NE!! We have more than enough hate filled Democrats already