I heard about the project over a year before we began. My American agent said, 'Oh, you might want to read 'In Cold Blood' because they're talking about you for Capote, but the script's with Johnny Depp and Sean Penn at the moment.' So, these things take their time to dribble down the food chain.
“I can see that you are a true historian because you really always ought to ask that question about anybody at a different place or a different time: What's the same and what's different?”