The death of Mrs. Lincoln was a serious loss to her husband and children. Abraham's sister Sarah was only eleven years old, and the tasks and cares of the little household were altogether too heavy for her years and experience.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.
'Lincoln' is a powerful film. It's one of those epic films that talk about this very specific issue in history of the United States.
There were so many odd, strange things about Abraham Lincoln that I think nobody knew how to pigeonhole him.
The big biography of Lincoln necessarily had to do so much with his political career, his ambitions, his accomplishments in public, with less time to spend on his private life, his inner life, and I thought this might be a way of getting at that.
The only thing that surprised me about 'Lincoln' is that most of the critics who reviewed the film seem not to have grasped what should have been apparent right from the start, which is that 'Lincoln' is at bottom a play with pictures, not a screenplay.
If Lincoln were alive today, he'd be turning over in his grave.
I've always wanted to tell a story about Lincoln. I saw a paternal father figure; I saw someone who was completely, stubbornly committed to his ideals, to his vision.
The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic.
It didn't occur to me that it was possible to breathe life into Abraham Lincoln.
I think Lincoln had a unique parenting style. He let his kids run free and wild.