Morgan Neville Quotes

• 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

  Hero, Character, Writing

  "Interview: Robert Gordon & Morgan Neville on Sparking Debate with 'Best of Enemies'". Interview with Stephen Saito, moveablefest.com. July 31, 2015.

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• 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

  Nice, Stories, Want

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I feel like there's a randomness in real life that too many Hollywood movies just shave off. It feels too intentional, and life just isn't that intentional. I like popcorn movies. I like entertaining movies. But, I feel like I could do something more in the real world.

  Morgan Neville

  Real, World, Randomness

  Source: collider.com

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• 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

  Talking, Challenges, Trying

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• 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

  War, Mean, Two

  "'Best Of Enemies': When Televised Verbal Fireworks Were A Novelty". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. August 2, 2015.

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• 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

  Editing, Opposites, Two

  Source: www.npr.org

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