![[Nixon] reduced the meaning of his life to nothing but power. In the film, we gave this sad figure consciousness of what he was. We weren't right to do that - I don't think he did have that consciousness. But we did it for movie reasons - to create empathy.](/assets/img/quote-photos/nixon-reduced-the-meaning-of-his-life-to-nothing-but-power-in-the-film-we-gav.jpg)
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