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"If I Were President (Interview)"


SOURCE: George Magazine  (1999)

 

 

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  Yoga in the Oval Office? Tobey Maguire, star of the pro-choice film Cider House Rules and the Civil War Saga Ride With the Devil, has his own house rules: Be young, be hip, and take no lip.

George:  Why should we elect you?
Tobey:  Why wouldn't you want a 24-year-old actor running the country?

G: What would be your campaign slogan?
T: Vote for Tobey.

G: How would you raise money for your campaign?
T: A bake sale.

G: Which of your activities would present the greatest challenge to your spin doctors?
T: My habit of telling the truth.

G: What activity would pose the greatest challenge to your secret service detail?
T: Pickup basketball games.
 
G: How much personal information do voters have the right to know about you?
T: None.

G: What's the biggest problem in the world? And how would you fix it?
T: A lack of social consciousness. Better education.

G: Whom would you appoint to your cabinet?
T: Ignatius J. Reilly, from A Confederacy of Dunces ; Edmond Dantes, from The Count of Monte Cristo ; and Santiago, from The Alchemist.

G: Who would be your spiritual advisors?
T: Bill Wilson and Austin Powers.

G: Write the forst news headline about your administration.
T: YOGA REQUIRED IN SCHOOLS.

G: What person, living or dead, would you model yourself after as the leader of the free world?
T: Peter Finch as Howard Beale in Network.

G: What book would be required White House reading?
T: Backgammon: The Cruelest Game.

G: Whom would you pardon?
T: Pete Rose.

G: What would you legalize?
T: Assaulting abusive paparazzi.

G: What would you outlaw?
T: Cigarettes.

G: What would you veto every time it hit your desk?
T: Any budget cuts in education.

G: What three objects must you have in the Oval Office?
T: A backgammon board, a CD player, and cigars.

G: Who would get an invitation to stay in the Lincoln bedroom?
T: Michael, the chef at Picasso Cafe in New York. He could come and cook pizzas - the best I've ever eaten.

G: Who would never get an invitation?
T: That wouldn't be very kind of me to say.

G: How would you unwind from the pressures of the job?
T: Play basketball, eat a good meal, and get a massage.

G: Name the movie based on your presidency.
T: The World According to Tobey.


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