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When I Was Growing Up, We Learned Our History Almost As Lives Of The Saints. And It Came As A Shock, "oh, Jefferson Had Slaves?" It Always Comes As A Shock To Us That Elevation To The White House Didn't Somehow Cleanse Them Of All Their Deep Character Flaws.

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I Went To Graduate School At Harvard For One Year I Worked In The State Legislature In Sacramento For One Year. I Taught School In Compton For Two Years.

A Movie Script More Than Anything Else Is A Plan Of Action For The Crew. Everybody In The Crew Looks At The Script To See What They're Going To Do. It Has To Contain Where You Are, And How Many People Are There, And What They Do, And What Time Of Day It Is, And What Time Of Year It Is.

I Wasn't Playing Nixon's Satirical Stick Figure. I Was Playing Nixon The Man. As An Actor, I Felt I Had To Get To The Deeply Flawed Humanity Of The Guy.