Then it was the threat of communism; now it's the threat of terrorism - though I think terrorism is a more real threat. But even through all that, the question is how much of our civil liberties are we willing to give up.

If you substitute terrorism for communism, we are getting the same rhetoric.

A film like 'Good Night And Good Luck,' you make that for $7 million because you know it's a black-and-white film, and it's not an easy sell. If you make it for $7 million, then everybody can have a chance to make a little bit of money, and you get to make the film you want to make.

When you look at a film like 'The Ides of March' or 'Good Night, and Good Luck' even, those are really contained pictures.

But it took a Murrow, because Murrow had an audience unlike any of these other guys.

Writing a screenplay is like writing a big puzzle, and so the hardest part, I think, is getting the story.