I was a guy who needed to go to class, because I had some raw talent that I thought was identifiable, when I finally made a decision to be an actor. And yet I wanted to learn how to really do the stuff. You know, `How do I get to be a serious actor?`

It`s grown into a personal relationship, yeah. I`m crazy about Jerry. I think he`s a unique character.

I`ve been very fortunate - You only can do what you`re offered, you know?

I play a detective, very close to myself actually.

There`s the young Jon Voight and the old Jon Voight.

You start where you can get an opportunity, you take everything that you can do to gain entrance. You do the little work and you try to find people who can teach you.

I`m really excited about that picture, just because the ingredient - Can you imagine saying you`ve never seen anything like this before?

You can get digital technology that almost is film quality, and go make little films and do everything you can to find a little understanding of your own voice and it will grow - Don`t take no for an answer - Take every opportunity you can to do something.

It seems to me that if Mr. Obama wins the presidential election, then Messrs. Farrakhan, Wright, Ayers and Pfleger will gain power for their need to demoralize this country and help create a socialist America.

I was caught up in the hysteria during the Vietnam era, which was brought about through Marxist propaganda underlying the so-called peace movement.

This is a perilous time, and more than ever, the world needs a united and strong America. If, God forbid, we live to see Mr. Obama president, we will live through a socialist era that America has not seen before, and our country will be weakened in every way.

If Washington is a two-party town, why can`t Hollywood be one too?

In most ways it was a damn good picture. But if we remade Midnight Cowboy (1969) today, the whole relationship between Buck and Ratso would have to be sexualized or at least made, you know, like in love...to be sexually or erotically honest.