Film is our literature, so we should tell stories that are apropos of our culture, in that we can learn something about ourselves. David Strathairn Read Quote
You work enough with someone and you develop a shorthand. You know how he likes to work through the day and he knows where you’re vulnerable and where your weaknesses and strengths are, so it makes for a good team, a team that knows who’s over there behind your back. David Strathairn Read Quote
It’s like a piece of music; you never lose sight of the theme. Each scene pushes off to the next like music builds and you can almost hear the next chord progression, so it has a strict structure, which is very compelling. David Strathairn Read Quote
I think George just nailed the whole thing, the whole time period, the whole look and feel of what that newsroom was like. I did a lot of research for the role and believe me, it’s all pretty genuine, down to the very last cigarette butt. David Strathairn Read Quote
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. David Strathairn Read Quote
If it’s a role like this one, an actual live person, a legend, there’s lots of material laid out. David Strathairn Read Quote
