'M*A*S*H' star Alan Alda has revealed he was asked to run for political office at the height of his fame.
Alan Alda was asked to run for political office at the peak of his career.
The 79-year-old actor, who starred as Captain Hawkeye Pierce in the iconic TV series 'M*A*S*H', is an active supporter of the Democrat Party in the US and has revealed that at the height of the show's popularity in the 1970s and 1980s, he was approached about running to become a senator.
He told the Daily Mail newspaper: ''I was asked to run a couple of times when 'M*A*S*H' was so popular.
''They came to talk to me on the set and said, 'You should run for senator.' I thought, 'How ridiculous! Why would I do that? I don't know anything about it. I'm an actor, not a politician.'
''They said, 'That doesn't matter, you could get elected.' That's how they chose them. 'You could get elected.'
''It doesn't matter if you can do it or not.''
Alan said he's opposed to actors - such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ronald Reagan - assuming political office, suggesting it undermined the credibility of the system.
He sighed: ''That's the problem. I don't see any point contributing to that.''
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
Steven Spielberg takes on the Cold War with a stately, sentimental thriller that gurgles along...
It's the height of the Cold War and things are getting tense between Russia and...
James Donovan is a simple insurance lawyer from Brooklyn, New York whose cases have never...
In 1960, the hard work of many good people was tested greatly. The height of...
Sophia Danko is a young student unwittingly about to enter into a world of whirlwind...
An unusually sharp script makes this silly comedy thoroughly enjoyable, even when it tips over...
George and Linda are the ultimate urban couple. Living in New York, they both lead...
Josh Kovacs has been a resident in Queens for more than ten years; in...
You know how in testosterone-charged action movies an explosion will be shown over and over...