Bob Gunton

My first presidential primary vote was for Bobby Kennedy.

— Bob Gunton

In film roles, I play a lot of heavies and a lot of bad guys, so I tend to be the jokester…

— Bob Gunton

Lyndon Johnson may have escalated the war, but when I was drafted and shipped off to Vietnam, the signature on my orders…

— Bob Gunton

I grew up in California, which was not - at least in the '50s and '60s - a cultural oasis by any…

— Bob Gunton

And I'm a Catholic, from an Irish Catholic family, and we know plenty of stuff about guilt.

— Bob Gunton

Among the roles Ive played on stage, television and in films were politicos as diverse as Abe Lincoln, Juan Peron, Herman Goering,…

— Bob Gunton

I 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…

— Bob Gunton

Put your trust in the Lord....your ass belongs to me. Welcome to Shawshank.

— Bob Gunton

I was a grunt, walking around in the jungle of Vietnam, trying not to find the enemy. Because I am so big,…

— Bob Gunton

I actually acted onstage before I'd ever seen a live performance, and I loved it.

— Bob Gunton

Among the roles I've played on stage, television and in films were politicos as diverse as Abe Lincoln, Juan Peron, Herman Goering,…

— Bob Gunton

I'm not a big comic fan and I'm not a big fan of comic movies.

— Bob Gunton

Most people recognize me from The Shawshank Redemption, but there is this subculture of people who have collected all 13 episodes of…

— Bob Gunton

As a matter of fact, I decided in high school that I was going to go to the seminary. And I did…

— Bob Gunton