Take every job. Learn everybody's name. Show up early. Know who you are and know who you're not. Stop dreaming and start trying.
Bill Oberst Jr.Lincoln is me. He is America. He is what makes us a great nation and a dangerous nation, all wrapped up in one man.
Bill Oberst Jr.Abraham Lincoln is the guy who could never be elected today, but whom we desperately wish we could elect.
Bill Oberst Jr.The fact that Abraham Lincoln ever, ever became President is either a freak accident of history... or destiny; God's providence to America.
Bill Oberst Jr.I love swimming in the darker seas, so even if I play a noble guy (well, like Lincoln for instance) I am pre-disposed to try and show the conflict; the regret; the less-than-perfect choices that any human faces. That's what I like and it seems to be what the camera likes to see me do.
Bill Oberst Jr.