Oct 13, 2026 · 2 hr 2 min · 35 segments
Zachary Levi opens up about the career and personal costs of speaking out in Hollywood, why he believes conservative actors stay silent, and how childhood trauma shaped his life. He also shares the…
Zachary LeviGuest
Patrick Bet-DavidHost
I mean, you know, I was Shazam 2 and Harold and the Purple Crayon, and I was doing like, you know, bit larger studio movies, and I'm not doing larger studio movies now.
I'm very grateful for the people, Angel Studios, who by the way, is a great example of trying to make a better version of Hollywood.
And so g- I'm very grateful for the Harmon Brothers and everybody at Angel who sees who I am, sees my talent.
Also is grateful for me stepping up and, and speaking out, right? And I think there's a lot of people at a lot of the other legacy studios that might even agree with me, but they're still living under f- in fear because Hollywood, you can't step out of that narrative.
I mean, to, to [laughs] to even suggest that somebody might vote for anyone other than Kamala in the last election, 'cause I was a Bobby Kennedy guy, I mean, that's what got me into all of it.
I mean, you know, I was Shazam 2 and Harold and the Purple Crayon, and I was doing like, you know, bit larger studio movies, and I'm not doing larger studio movies now.
I'm very grateful for the people, Angel Studios, who by the way, is a great example of trying to make a better version of Hollywood.
And so g- I'm very grateful for the Harmon Brothers and everybody at Angel who sees who I am, sees my talent.
Also is grateful for me stepping up and, and speaking out, right? And I think there's a lot of people at a lot of the other legacy studios that might even agree with me, but they're still living under f- in fear because Hollywood, you can't step out of that narrative.
I mean, to, to [laughs] to even suggest that somebody might vote for anyone other than Kamala in the last election, 'cause I was a Bobby Kennedy guy, I mean, that's what got me into all of it.
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