David Strathairn quotes

When you're creating a character out of nothing, you have to make all the guesses as to how they walk, how they talk, how they think. It was all there on the table for us to pick and choose for Murrow. (David Strathairn)
In order to crash the party and be a clown with your own skit, you had to be there for quite a while. View quote
David Strathairn
If it's a role like this one, an actual live person, a legend, there's lots of material laid out. View quote
David Strathairn
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. View quote
David Strathairn
Film is our literature, so we should tell stories that are apropos of our culture, in that we can learn something about ourselves. View quote
David Strathairn
So much money and energy is expended making a film that I think it should be used for positive ends. View quote
David Strathairn
Television and film are our libraries now. Our history books. View quote
David Strathairn
I checked out all types of tobacco trying to find one that would be easiest to live with, I ended up using pipe tobacco. It burned slower, and it wasn't as harsh on my throat... It also smelled better. View quote
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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. View quote
David Strathairn
I don't think I could've carried the weight that Murrow carried. View quote
David Strathairn
If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow. (David Strathairn)