The Religion and Political Views of Andrew Garfield

At a moment in time where maybe the most important thing that we remember right now is the sanctity of the human spirit. It is the profound privilege of my life to play Prior Walter in Angels in America because he represents the purest spirit of humanity and especially that of the LGBTQ community. It is a spirit that says no to oppression. It is a spirit that saysno to bigotry, no to shame, no to exclusion. It is a spirit that says we are all made perfectly and we all belong so I dedicate this award to the countless LGBTQ people who have fought and died to protect that spirit, to protect that message for the right to live and love as we are created.

The horrific response from a lot of people I guess in the pocket of the NRA or even just conservatives, generally, who are so, so protective over this idea of what the Second Amendment is that they are willing to sacrifice children at the altar of their freedom to buy a submachine gun. These are all the things that make this play, unfortunately, incredibly important right now

I’m kind of an agnostic pantheist […] Finding God in all things…in the tree that was cut down to make this table. You know, suddenly everything becomes a miracle. I just love that. I think that’s such a wonderful way to see the world; a beautiful way to see the world.

I’ve been a spiritual seeker since I was a kid. I was always fascinated with people like Mahatma Gandhi and Jesus, and John Lennon and Martin Luther King.

I consider myself feminine. And of course I consider myself feminist. That’s a no-brainer conversation for me in terms of equal rights and in terms of any kind of gender stereotypes.