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If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.

- David Strathairn
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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.

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.

In this film George presents issues that are important, essential and vital, whoever you are, about constitutional rights and the bedrock of a democracy. I am drawn to those kinds of stories because they inspire me - they are responsible to a populace and responsible to man.

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.

I don't think I could've carried the weight that Murrow carried.

Television and film are our libraries now. Our history books.

So much money and energy is expended making a film that I think it should be used for positive ends.

There are biographies, I looked at a lot of photographs of him, I heard his voice over and over and over again. You get in there and get to know the man by all of those pieces of information.

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.

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If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.

If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.

If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.

If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.

If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.

If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.

If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.

If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.

If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.

If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.

If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.

If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.

If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.

If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.

If anyone was talking about journalism in the '50s - it was Edward R.Murrow.