“If it's a role like this one, an actual live person, a legend, there's...” — David Strathairn Quote

“If it's a role like this one, an actual live person, a legend, there's lots of material laid out.”

“I think the film is beautifully realised. His legacy as a journalist was recorded - as it were - well, and certainly the important issues of the '50s - or even today - are delivered and presented to the audience in a rather honest and objective way.”

“It would be real nice to have some kind of bell or whistle attached to this film - it would give it a longer life. People seem to need that validation to go to a film these days.”

“Maybe... there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for unlawfully detaining 120 people. Maybe they just got carried away with last year's idea of pre-emptive strikes and thought, 'Let's not wait for an actual crime to occur. Let's get the innocent.”

“In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.”

“I can't tell you how much I struggled after the golden slam. I had actual depression. I hadn't seen my family - it was the biggest moment of my life, and I'm in a hotel.”