A Quote by Jay Roach

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

Jay Roach

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Jay Roach
American - Director
Born: 1957

Hedda Hopper was a better direct opponent to [Dalton] Trumbo. We wanted to use Trumbo's battles to represent the larger battles, so the audience could understand the personal sacrifice he went through and the personal damage to his family. The choices were about who were the best representations of his antagonists, which is why we chose as we did.

Jay Roach

The first thing we noticed was how flamboyant [Dalton] Trumbo was in real life.

Jay Roach

I play Edward G. Robinson [in Trumbo], who was a close friend and a co-worker of Dalton's [Trumbo]. They worked together on at least one or two screenplays. A lot of these stories take famous people and show you who they are behind the scenes, which is kind of fun. One of the things about getting to play Edward G. Robinson was learning who the man was away from his movie-star exterior.

Michael Stuhlbarg

When something so unjust as the black list happened, [Dalton Trumbo] would come to life in a certain way.

Jay Roach

Dalton Trumbo was obsessed with justice.

Jay Roach

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.

Jay Roach

[Dalton] Trumbo himself was a terrible Communist.

Jay Roach

It was a way to try and shut down what the unions were negotiating for, like better hours and pay. [Dalton] Trumbo and his friends joined the Communists mostly for these reasons.

Jay Roach

I'd like to think that I'm a calm and sweet person. I tend to be very playful at home with my children, but in life... we have to fight our battles - our work battles, our political battles, our personal battles - and we're focused.

Angelina Jolie

Dalton Trumbo actually was [ a hypocrite], because he liked his wealth, which was against the grain of being a Communist. I put title cards at the head of the film that explains the context.

Jay Roach

Dalton Trumbo was constantly criticizing the membership [in the Communist Party], and was opposite to being a loyalist.

Jay Roach

That's why we had Louis C.K. portray the harder line Communist, to accuse [Dalton] Trumbo of being a hypocrite.

Jay Roach

I like to approach comedy from character, to have the stakes for the individuals in the story be very high.