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I think George just nailed the whole thing, the whole time period, the whole look...

I think George just nailed the whole thing, the whole time period, the whole look...

When you're creating a character out of nothing, you have to make all the guesses...

When you're creating a character out of nothing, you have to make all the guesses...

Film is our literature, so we should tell stories that are apropos of our culture,...

Film is our literature, so we should tell stories that are apropos of our culture,...

In order to crash the party and be a clown with your own skit, you...

In order to crash the party and be a clown with your own skit, you...

I don't think I could've carried the weight that Murrow carried.

I don't think I could've carried the weight that Murrow carried.

I checked out all types of tobacco trying to find one that would be easiest...

I checked out all types of tobacco trying to find one that would be easiest...

So much money and energy is expended making a film that I think it should...

So much money and energy is expended making a film that I think it should...

In this film George presents issues that are important, essential and vital, whoever you are,...

In this film George presents issues that are important, essential and vital, whoever you are,...

If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.

If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.

If it's a role like this one, an actual live person, a legend, there's lots...

If it's a role like this one, an actual live person, a legend, there's lots...

You work enough with someone and you develop a shorthand. You know how he likes...

You work enough with someone and you develop a shorthand. You know how he likes...

It would be real nice to have some kind of bell or whistle attached to...

It would be real nice to have some kind of bell or whistle attached to...

It's like a piece of music; you never lose sight of the theme. Each scene...

It's like a piece of music; you never lose sight of the theme. Each scene...

There are biographies, I looked at a lot of photographs of him, I heard his...

There are biographies, I looked at a lot of photographs of him, I heard his...

I think the film is beautifully realised. His legacy as a journalist was recorded -...

I think the film is beautifully realised. His legacy as a journalist was recorded -...

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