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Hollywood actor praises Catholic faith
By staff reporter
30 May 2008
Jon Voight as John Paul II
Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight's Catholic values help him to deal with the "nonsense" of Hollywood, he has said.
Speaking in Jerusalem, where he was celebrating Israel's 60th birthday, the 67-year-old actor said the Catholicism instilled in him by his mother helped him deal with the acting world.
He said: "It is a relief in Hollywood to have some spirituality. You are protected from all the nonsense. You keep your spirituality by doing good deeds."
Voight, pictured above, grew up in New York state to a Catholic family of mixed German and Slovakian heritage. He attended the Catholic University of America in Washington DC before becoming an actor and making his break with Midnight Cowboy in 1969.
In 2005 he played the late pontiff in Pope John Paul II.
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