CPAC Interview: Academy Award Winning Actor Richard Dreyfuss

Guy Benson | February 10, 2011 5:47 PM

I had the somewhat surprising opportunity to sit down with outspokenly liberal Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss at CPAC today. He's in town promoting an initiative

"to revive, elevate, and enhance the teaching of civics in the United States." Before we tackled that issue, though, I asked him about some of his iconic films (What About Bob? is a personal favorite), as well as his decidedly uncivil remarks about former Vice President Dick Cheney:

(As an added bonus, the Townhall tech team has included a short snippet of our post-interview banter).

My colleague Ed Morrissey also chatted with Dreyfuss. That interview can be viewed HERE.