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53-year-old Oscar-winning actress lambasted the U.S. government
at a press conference at the San Sebastian film festival (September
25, 2002), where she received a lifetime achievement award
on Wednesday. "What Bush intends to do with Iraq is unconstitutional,
immoral and illegal," Lange was quoted as saying.
"I
hate Bush, I despise him and his entire administration.
Not only because of its international policy, but also the
national. Today it makes me feel ashamed to come from the
United States, it is humiliating."
"Bush
stole the elections and since then we have all been suffering
the consequences. The Iraq plan is absolutely mad, but what
I do not understand is that nobody tries to stop it, neither
inside nor outside the United States," the actress
added.
"The
atmosphere in my country is poisonous, intolerable for those
of us who are not right-wing, so thank you for inviting
me to this festival and allowing me to get out for a few
days," Lange said on receiving the Donostia Prize,
which was presented by Spanish actor Jose Coronado.
Lange
also said she did not think much of Hollywood and preferred
to work in Europe. "How could I be interested in Hollywood?
Studios only make movies which will earn them a lot of money.
Hollywood is ruled by accountants and not film makers."
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