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WOODS: "I knew Rob Reiner because at a very, very down point in my career, Rob literally saved my career and really put me back on track in a way that was so important and rewarding in my life, and he really fought for me when for me when the student did not want me in a movie. I was 32 years too young for the part, but he really believed that I was right and could do it. It was something that virtually nobody agreed with except one of his partners, Martin Schaefer, who was the head of Castle Rock and one of the greatest production companies ever. And we did 'Ghosts of Mississippi' together, and I went from really being basically out of a job to getting an Academy Award nomination and I give all the credit to Rob. It is funny, people will see — would have seen — it is impossible to talk about him in the past tense, but — I would be at a party at my friend’s house, and people who did not know that Rob and I knew each other, they would see us laughing and kidding each other and they would go, 'How is it that you and Rob Reiner are friends?' I said, 'What do you mean?' They said, 'You are so different in your politics and so on.' I said, 'Look, let me explain something to you about Rob Reiner, so that you know. First of all, I judge people by how they treat me, and Rob Reiner was a godsend in my life.' We got along great. We loved each other. We had more fun together doing a very serious subject. It was a way to kind of get through it. And he was always on my side. But when people would say to me, 'What do you think of his politics?' I would say, 'I think Rob Reiner is a great patriot.' Do I agree with some of, or many of his ideas on how that patriotism should be enacted to celebrate the America that we both love? No. But he doesn’t agree with me either, but he also respects my patriotism. We had a different path to the same destination, which was a country we both love.”