But it took a Murrow, because Murrow had an audience unlike any of these other guys. |
His public persona dictates that he's the life of the party -- which he is -- and that he's all about fun -- which he is. |
That's like a word in the dictionary now. It doesn't surprise me, but it makes me kinda sad. And it makes me a little frightened. |
Then it was the threat of communism; now it's the threat of terrorism - though I think terrorism is a more real threat. But even through all that, the question is how much of our civil liberties are we willing to give up. |
We couldn't think of any one (actor) who was as good as he was, or as bad. |
We didn't grow up in that generation. But we're fascinated by that time. We've talked about what that kind of activism must have been like. I think this is kind of our way of experiencing it. |
We've been friends for 25 years, and he slept on my couch when he couldn't get a job. I loaned him $100 (56 pounds) so he could get his first set of head shots, so it's particularly gratifying, truly, for me to see him rise. |