Lyndon Johnson may have escalated the war, but when I was drafted and shipped off to Vietnam, the signature on my orders was Nixon’s.
BOB GUNTONLyndon Johnson may have escalated the war, but when I was drafted and shipped off to Vietnam, the signature on my orders was Nixon’s.
BOB GUNTONIn film roles, I play a lot of heavies and a lot of bad guys, so I tend to be the jokester and the good-time Charlie on the set.
BOB GUNTONI was the adoring son of a Welsh-Irish father, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, a Catholic Knight of Columbus who was a blue-collar, trade union organizer and, not surprisingly, a fervid Nixon-hater.
BOB GUNTONI was a grunt, walking around in the jungle of Vietnam, trying not to find the enemy. Because I am so big, they were going to give me either a heavy radio or a huge machine gun to carry. I carried a radio.
BOB GUNTONPut your trust in the Lord….your ass belongs to me. Welcome to Shawshank.
BOB GUNTONMost people recognize me from The Shawshank Redemption, but there is this subculture of people who have collected all 13 episodes of Greg The Bunny.
BOB GUNTONI actually acted onstage before I’d ever seen a live performance, and I loved it.
BOB GUNTONAs a matter of fact, I decided in high school that I was going to go to the seminary. And I did study with the Paulist Fathers for two years after high school in full anticipation of becoming a priest.
BOB GUNTONMy first presidential primary vote was for Bobby Kennedy.
BOB GUNTONAnd I’m a Catholic, from an Irish Catholic family, and we know plenty of stuff about guilt.
BOB GUNTONI’m not a big comic fan and I’m not a big fan of comic movies.
BOB GUNTON