Dalton Trumbo was obsessed with justice.

[Lyndon Baines Johnson ] technique in negotiation would be that he'd lean into you and take away your personal space, it didn't matter your party affiliation when he was trying to convince you of something.

When Dalton Trumbo and his friends joined the Communist Party it was 1943, and Russia was our ally in World War II. This was connected to a very popular movement of artists and intellectuals at that time towards anti fascism, and an alliance with the union movement.

I am partisan to some extent on the Democratic side, but I consider myself more of an independent.

I think we'll all keep pushing each other, which is a great thing.

In his life, [Dalton] Trumbo uses wit and comedy to fight these very high-stakes battles.

People have an actual bias against there being some kind of popularity for political films, and when they get acknowledged, it helps keep the conversation going.