“You know those parties of yours, the ones I read about in the...” – Richard Nixon, Frost/Nixon ... Movie Quotes Database

Richard Nixon

You know those parties of yours, the ones I read about in the newspapers. Do you actually enjoy those?

David Frost

Of course.

Richard Nixon

You have no idea how fortunate that makes you, liking people. Being liked. Having that facility. That lightness, that charm. I don't have it, I never did. It kind of makes you wonder why I chose a life that hinged on being liked. [chuckles] I'm better suited to a life of thought, debate, intellectual discipline. Maybe we got it wrong. Maybe you should have been a politician and I the rigorous interviewer.

David Frost

[smiling]

Maybe.

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