Jackie (V) (2016)

Billy Crudup: The Journalist

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• [first lines] 

  The Journalist : Mrs. Kennedy? They told me to come up. And I'm so sorry for your loss.

  Jackie Kennedy : Have you read what they've been writing? Krock and Merriman and all the rest?

  The Journalist : Yes, I have.

  Jackie Kennedy : Merriman's such a bitter man. It's been just one week. Already they're treating him like some dusty old artifact to be shelved away. That's no way to be remembered.

  The Journalist : And how would you like him remembered, Mrs. Kennedy?

  Jackie Kennedy : [stammering]  I...

  Jackie Kennedy : You understand that I will be editing this conversation just in case I don't say exactly what I mean?

  The Journalist : With all due respect, that seems very unlikely, Mrs. Kennedy.

  [pause] 

  The Journalist : Right. Okay. Uh, so this will be your own version of what happened?

  Jackie Kennedy : Exactly. Come in.

• Jackie Kennedy : How would you write that?

  The Journalist : She lights yet another cigarette and explains through her soft sobs that Jack wasn't perfect, but he was perfect for our country. And I ask about his flaws, and she explains.

  Jackie Kennedy : Perfect people can't change. Jack was always getting better, stronger. Sometimes he would walk into the desert alone, just to let himself be tempted by the devil.

• The Journalist : [in their interview]  You'll have to share something personal eventually. People won't stop asking until you do.

  Jackie Kennedy : And if I don't, they'll interpret my silence however they want? "Her brow furrows. Her lips are drawn. She holds back her tears, but she can't hide her anger."

  The Journalist : Most writers want to be famous.

  Jackie Kennedy : You want to be famous?

  The Journalist : No, I'm fine as I am.

  Jackie Kennedy : You should prepare yourself, this article will bring you a great deal of attention.

  The Journalist : Ah. In that case, any advice for me?

  Jackie Kennedy : Yes. Don't marry the president.

• The Journalist : You left your mark on this country, Mrs. Kennedy. These past few days, that the story. Losing a president is like... It's like losing a father. And you were a mother to all of us, and that's a very good story.

• Jackie Kennedy : You know, I used to be a reporter myself once. I know what you're looking for.

  The Journalist : I'm sorry?

  Jackie Kennedy : A moment-by-moment account. That's what you came here for, isn't it? You want me to describe the sound the bullet made when it collided with my husband's skull.

• Jackie Kennedy : You know, every night before bed, we had this Old Victrola. We'd listen to a couple records. His favorite was Camelot.

  The Journalist : The musical?

  Jackie Kennedy : Oh, I'm so ashamed of myself. Every quote out of Jack's mouth was either Greek or Roman. And that last song, that last side of Camelot, is all that keeps running through my mind. "Don't let it be forgot, that for one brief, shining moment there was a Camelot."