John Lott's Website: Who Knew? Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are apparently big Ayn Rand enthusiasts?

4/28/2006

spankthatdonkey said...: I never realized until running into a Libertarian at the VA Shad Planking that the difference between Libertarians and the Ayn Rand followers, was that Libertarians actually take into account that there is a God...

I was quite astounded, actually.. It pays to hang out with "political types"...; 4/28/2006 8:19 PM
Anonymous said...: If you believe for a second that Brad and Angelina actually know anything about Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" I have some beachfront property to sell you.; 5/03/2006 4:21 PM
John Lott said...: Anonymous, you are probably correct. But their interest may still get others to read Rand's books and, whether they understand the movie, many actors apparently don't need to understand their material to do a good job as actors. Having big name actors express interest in doing a movie can't hurt getting it done.; 5/04/2006 8:19 AM
Anonymous said...: i propose cary elwes, who played the lead character in the princess bride movie for the role of ragnar.; 5/09/2006 1:31 AM
voyou said...: A cursory google finds Brad Pitt referring positively to The Fountainhead, but only in the context of his love of architecture. It does seem unlikely that noted Hollywood humanitarians Brad and Angelina are big fans of Objectivism.; 9/23/2006 12:39 AM