I don't want to take too much credit for things, you know what I mean?

But that I was very proud of.

So it slipped out with Michael Knowles.

Michael Knowles could get anything out of an actor.

I love it. That's an exclusive just for this interview. I am joined now by I think I can say without

hyperbole my favorite actor not only for his work on the screen a man who needs no introduction an Academy Award winner but

also I would say probably personally my favorite actor a man with whom I have had

cigars and to whom I must give my Mayflower cigars that That would be the one and only John Voight. John, thank you for being here.

Michael, I'd go anywhere for a cigar.

John, I just saw you, but you were not there there I saw you at the Nashville premiere of the Reagan

movie which was magnificent and your role typically was magnificent and you play

a character I probably the most fictional character, though he's a composite of historical people in the movie.

You played the KGB guy who's tracking Reagan for his whole life.

Tell me a little bit, I mean, you know, really, this is not flattery at all.

You are like one of the great actors of our age.

And you're coming there as this Russian character you know bringing much more

of a little bit of fiction and art to bear on it tell me a little bit about

preparing for the role first of all the the piece when when presented to me I thought it was a great idea

because the because Russia was very very I mean the Soviet Union which apart from Russia because the Soviet Union was something

the evil empire you know and Russia is very dear in my heart being an actor because it was Stanislavsky and all the history of art in that country, you know, the people.

I love them, but they were suffering under this tyranny but anyway they had the Soviets

had their eye on many many people that could present problems with them in the future.

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