“If you're a history buff, you know about J. Edgar Hoover. He was likely the most powerful man in the US. If you start reading about him, the books contradict each other constantly. I was often left with very little sense of the man personally. I had a sense of what he did and didn't do and what people disagreed about whether he did this or didn't do this or that, but I was like, "Why? Why was he doing all of this?" That was my big question.”
![“[ J. Edgar]Hoover, I'm sure, felt that he was right in everything he did and even the things that we don't like about his character.” quote by Clint Eastwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/327/clint-eastwood-513_character_j-edgar-hoover-i-m-sure-felt-that-he-was_185739.jpg)
![“It's an incredible education [for the movie J. Edgar Hoover] . It was like I did a college course on J. Edgar Hoover but not knowing and understanding the history and reading the books, but understanding what motivated this man was the most fascinating part of the research.” quote by Dustin Lance Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/538/dustin-lance-black-4536_book_it-s-an-incredible-education-for-the-mov_699402.jpg)
