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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

Topics: About Culture Film Learn Literature Our Ourselves Should Something Stories Tell

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In order to crash the party and be a clown with your own skit, you had to be there for quite a while.

~David Strathairn

Topics: Clown Crash Had Order Own Party Quite Quite A While Skit While You Your

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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

Topics: Almost Builds Chord Compelling Each Hear Like Lose Music Never Next Off Piece Progression Pushes Scene Sight Strict Structure Theme Very Which You

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If it's a role like this one, an actual live person, a legend, there's lots of material laid out.

~David Strathairn

Topics: Actual Laid Legend Like Live Lots Material Out Person Role

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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.

~David Strathairn

Topics: Again Biographies Get Heard Him His Information Know Looked Lot Man Over Photographs Pieces Those Voice You

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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

Topics: Character Choose Creating Guesses How Make Nothing Out Pick Pick And Choose Table Talk Think Us Walk You

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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

Topics: Back Behind Day Develop Enough Good He How Know Knows Likes Makes Over Shorthand Someone Strengths Team Through Vulnerable Weaknesses Where Work You Your

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

~David Strathairn

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

~David Strathairn

Topics: Books Film History History Books Libraries Now Our Television

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

~David Strathairn

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: January 26th, 1949

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