Herman J. Mankiewicz

Charles Foster Kane confronts his former guardian and financial advisor, Mr. Thatcher, over his editorial attacks on big business. Kane articulates his dual identity as both a wealthy shareholder and a populist publisher, dismissively mocking Thatcher's concerns about the newspaper's massive financial losses.

An elderly Jedediah Leland reflects on his complicated friendship with the late Charles Foster Kane while being interviewed by the reporter Thompson. Leland provides a cynical yet profound critique of Kane's character, power, and lack of personal conviction.

Jedediah Leland reflects on the complex and hollow nature of his former friend, Charles Foster Kane, to a reporter. He explores Kane's obsession with power and his ultimate lack of personal conviction or belief in anything beyond himself.