“I like doing the comedic episodes because it's refreshing. I enjoy doing comedic things and physical comedy. It's fun.” Quote by Emily Deschanel
“[ J. Edgar]Hoover, I'm sure, felt that he was right in everything he did and even the things that we don't like about his character.” CharacterFeltHooverJ Edgar Hoover Author:Clint Eastwood
“With people in high office, the old - you go into the extreme, which is absolute power and absolute power corrupts.” PeopleOfficeAbsolutesExtremesOld YouAbsolute PowerPower Corrupts Author:Clint Eastwood
“There are so many parallels in society today [with era of J. Edgar Hoover ] that you can use, whether it's the head of a studio or the head of an organization, a major newspaper, a major factory or company, of people who stay too long, maybe, and overstay their usefulness.” PeopleLongUseTodayCompanyMajorsOrganizationStudiosNewspapersErasFactoriesParallelsUsefulnessHooverSociety TodayJ Edgar Hoover Author:Clint Eastwood
“Everybody always feels that they're right even if they're wrong and that's what a whole actor's career is built around rationalizing your way into whatever character you're playing.” IfsWayFeelsWholeCharacterActorsCareersBuilt Author:Clint Eastwood
“I have great respect for the FBI, and I know that there have been some rumors lately that the FBI was disenchanted because of what we were doing in story, or doing a certain take: that's not true. Actually the FBI was tremendously enthusiastic about us doing [ J. Edgar Hoover ] film.” KnowsHas BeensStoriesFilmCertainEnthusiasticRumorFbiGreat RespectHooverDisenchantedJ Edgar Hoover Author:Clint Eastwood
“[FBI] philosophy is "Go ahead and make the story you want to make, and hopefully we'll love it." So that's that.” WantPhilosophyStoriesHopefullyFbi Author:Clint Eastwood
“I just kind of had my own impressions growing up with Hoover as a heroic figure in the 40s - actually the 30s, 40s, and 50s and beyond - but this was all prior to the information age so we didn't know about Hoover except what was usually in the papers, and this was fun, because this was a chance to go into it [ during filming 'J. Edgar Hoover' ]” KnowsKindAgeFunChanceMy OwnGrowing UpGrowingFiguresInformationPaperImpressionHeroicPapersInformation AgeHooverJ Edgar Hoover Author:Clint Eastwood
“It's interesting in this day and age to do a film about political espionage and wiretapping. I don't think that those types of secrets that J. Edgar Hoover was able to obtain and keep for such a long period of time would be possible in today's world, with the Internet and WikiLeaks.” ThinkingWorldLongWould BeAgeTodayAbleFilmPoliticalInterestingSecretTypeInternetPeriodsThis DayEspionageLong Periods Of TimeToday's WorldWikileaksHooverJ Edgar Hoover Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“I think the great thing about acting is that it's not all the same. You're constantly challenged and constantly pushed to your limit. It's nice to see how your body can adapt to these things.” ThinkingBodyActingNiceLimitsYour BodyGreat Things Author:Liana Liberato
“I don't necessarily look for what I respond to in a script. I look for things that scare me, and take that as an indication that I should probably do it. I don't want to be bored. I look for challenges. I look for a variety of different things because it's so easy to go the cliche route.” WantShouldLooksDifferentEasyChallengesScriptsVarietyBoredDifferent ThingsScareRoutesClicheIndication Author:Liana Liberato