Actor Richard Dreyfuss, center, waits to speak at news conference with the Civil War Preservation Trust. Dreyfuss: Cheney belongs in jail

Former Vice President Dick Cheney being out of office isn't enough for actor Richard Dreyfuss: He wants him locked up.

Dreyfuss knows a thing or two about Cheney, having played him in Oliver Stone's film, "W." We caught up with Dreyfuss Tuesday as he appeared at both the National Press Club and the African-American Civil War Memorial to focus attention on the need to preserve our nation's civil war battlefields.


Watch the accompanying video to see more of Dreyfuss' day, to hear his thoughts on Cheney, to see his wish for Barack Obama to get more involved on preserving Civil War battlefields and to hear him share some, er, deep thoughts with schoolchildren.