According to Steven Spielberg, Pace's opening monologue in Lincoln (2012) was rewritten shortly before the scene was shot. Pace had to remember the monologue in four minutes before the cameras began rolling.
(On Um Amor na Trincheira (2003)) That was an extremely hard shoot and a really difficult part to play. And I just remember walking out of that one
thinking, 'It's not always going to be easy, and that's okay.'
