Robert Kennedy was such an inspiring figure. His interest in politics seemed to come not from a desire for power, but from a need to help our society live up to its ideals.

In 1999 Shue starred with Aaron Eckhart in Molly as an autistic young woman who undergoes an operation that allows her to become more "normal. Her younger brother Andrew is also an actor best known for his role as Billy Campbell in the Fox series Melrose Place. Her parents divorced when Elisabeth Shue was nine.

Elisabeth Judson Shue (born October 6 1963) is an American actress known for her roles in the films The Karate Kid Adventures in Babysitting Cocktail Back to the Future Parts II III The Saint and Leaving Las Vegas for which Elisabeth Shue won five acting awards and was nominated for an Oscar a Golden Globe and a BAFTA.