Morgan Neville Quotes & Sayings

Buckley and Vidal were both stand-ins for what was happening on the streets of Chicago and the streets of America. I mean, they're representing these two different camps that are at war in the streets. And they're at war with their words. And each was looking for a knockout. — Morgan Neville

One of the challenges was to make a cinematic movie about literally talking heads and to try to make it feel like something you want to see in a theater. — Morgan Neville

When you're writing a story or an actor playing a role, you should never think of your characters as heroes or villains. You have to think of them as people first. — Morgan Neville

You always want to make the best film you can. If anything I feel more relaxed after the Oscar. I feel like I have a chance to just tell the stories I want to tell and it's actually been really nice. — Morgan Neville

The show with Buckley and Vidal was happening live. There was no editing. There was no delay. So they were aghast. How America reacted is sort of the most interesting thing because as these debates progressed, the ratings were going up. So people began to program these sort of point-counterpoint setups, where two people with opposite sides would come on. — Morgan Neville