Politically, Feldman was described as an "avowed socialist" telling one interviewer, "I'm a socialist by conviction, if not by lifestyle" and another, "I'm a socialist from way back, but in order to pay my back taxes I have to live in America to earn enough money to pay the back tax I owe to the socialist government that I voted in." He later joked that when a Labour cabinet minister said to him "Of course you vote Labour," Feldman replied, "No, I don't, because I'm a socialist!" However, he generally did not seriously discuss politics in public. An exception was when during a promotional tour for "The Last Remake of Beau Geste," he denounced the campaign led by Anita Bryant against homosexuality.