I feel kind of like a deer in the headlights. It's quite a big dance and it's my first time on the floor. |
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. |
I think he was honoring a lot of sentiment in the community and trying to do what was right. His choice not to have football for the remainder of that season, I think, was a very important one because he said it's important for the families to be together and grieve, and it might just be too raw a moment to have a football game out there too soon. |
I think they were being kind saying that. Murrow read his stuff, so I had that ace in the hole. If I froze in front of the camera, I could always just look down. But George said, 'We want you looking at the camera a little bit more than reading, OK?' ... And it was scary. |
I tried all different kinds of tobacco to see which would be the least crippling and I ended up with pipe tobacco, ... I found that that burned less harshly. It also smelled better. |
In a way, they did just what Murrow did -- they let McCarthy speak for himself. |
In this television moment, which is where his public presence mushroomed out from radio, there were images that were iconic, |
In this television moment, which is where his public presence mushroomed out from radio, there were images that were iconic. |
It has struck a bell. |
It was a process of listening, listening, watching, listening, reading, more and more. |
It was like another finger, just this finger he always kept lit, ... It was always there, it seems; they said they never saw him without it. |
It's really a presentation of life, as it was at that moment, in a really artistic way. Everything was double-sourced. George was determined to do this as a journalist. |
that's what they'd say as they [went underground], 'Good night, and good luck.' |
The movie is a collaboration of idea and entertainment. |
There is always something ticking with Murrow. He was described as a prince of doom, a man carrying a crown of thorns. I tried to show what was going on in his head. |