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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.

I Have A Very Strong Visual Memory Of The First Time I Made Him Laugh. That Was Remarkable. I Was Like, "oh, God, I Just Made Jack Benny Laugh."

Democrats Always Like To Brag That Their Guys Are Smarter Than The Opponents And Republicans Always Like To Brag That Their Guys Are More Moral Than The Opponents. But If You're Looking For Morals In Politics You're Looking For Bananas In The Cheese Department.

I'm Not Sure That There's Anybody Else That's As Psychologically Complex And Who's Given Us This Window Into His Soul That Nixon Gave Us. That's What I Find Absolutely Addictive And Seductive.

I Think Nixon Says A Lot About Those Times. It Was Possibly Hard, In The '90s And Early 2000s To Understand The Grip Of Fear That Communism Had On The Country In The 1950s And 1960s - A Fear Nixon Rode Like A Endless Great Wave On The Pacific To High Office. I'm Sure, Though There's No Evidence Of It, One Of The Things That Rankled Him Down Deep Was That It Was Called Mccarthyism And Not Nixonism.