In 2016, director Morgan Neville began the official production of the documentary "Won't You Be My Neighbor?". Before filming, Morgan Neville also visited the Fred Rogers Center in Pittsburgh, where he spent a day browsing the materials to better understand where the story was going. Morgan Neville and Fred Rogers' wife Joanne had a lengthy discussion. Morgan Neville didn't want to make the project a Fred Rogers biopic, he was going to make a film about Fred Rogers' thoughts. Morgan Neville's idea was supported by Joanne, who provided him with plenty of material about Fred Rogers
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Won't You Be My Neighbor? background creation
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Won't You Be My Neighbor? quotes
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[regarding the urban legends surrounding Fred]
Tom Junod: That, to me, is just, like, a classic example of people looking at Fred in all his eccentricity and singularity, and trying to basically say, "Well, that can't be. He has to be this way."
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Fred Rogers: [sternly] I am tired of hearing people who have long ago set aside the concerns of childhood, telling everybody what children really need. I'll tell you what children need. They need adults who will protect them from the ever-ready molders of their world.