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I was at the vice president’s Christmas party. I thought that his speech was spectacular, and I knew that it was a very emotional and difficult thing for him to do, but I admonished him for not waiting just one more stinking day.

Bradley Whitford

Aaron is a very passionate, maniacal writer so the scripts really come from him, but he is very open to… y’know, we’ll plan ideas and we’ll certainly tussle about stuff when the script comes out.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Fighting Ideas Want
The moment I became available, he called me last year and asked me if I wanted to do it and then I just had to audition for the powers that be, and I got it.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Asked Called Moment Power
We’re telling a story. And the demands of that are different from the demands of a documentary. The audience must believe in order to keep faith in the story.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Believe Faith Order
In the right situation, acting on television can be extraordinarily satisfying creatively. But that’s incredibly rare. Otherwise, it can be like working in a really remunerative coal mine. That’s the down side.
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Acting Coal Incredibly Sides
Infuse your life with action.
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Action Infuse Wait
Infuse your life with action. Don’t wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Action Hope Waiting
I identify with this guy’s frustration and inability to control his fury at moments. I even identify with the way that this guy covers up a lot with humour. So yeah, it’s interesting.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Frustration Guy Interesting
We make these people climb this filthy rope and then we stand at the bottom and say, “Hey, your hands are dirty!” To show heroic, progressive, democratic politics at work was more than I ever expected.
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Bottom Expected More Say Work
I want to see Bob Dylan do sketch comedy. I’m a huge Bob Dylan fan.
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Bob Fans Want
I used to defend the West Wing show from the charge of sentimentality or wish-fulfilment, because I think if you do go into the Barack Obama White House you will find six or seven people around him who are true believers.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Dirty People Thinking
You need to be real enough to be believable, but you don’t necessarily have to be real enough to be real. There is a distinction.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Enough Needs Real
Having an affair with an intern is just an incredibly stupid thing to do.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Affair Stupid Things
Only two things ever stop the government from doing anything: money and politics
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Government Money Politics Things
Early on in my career I got a part in Revenge Of The Nerds II: Nerds In Paradise. If I hadn’t done that I wouldn’t have met Tim Busfield and if I hadn’t met Tim Busfield, I wouldn’t have met Aaron Sorkin. So Nerds II took me straight to the White House!
BRADLEY WHITFORD

House Nerd Revenge
The world is very scary. The world would be scary without the choices the current administration made, but they just exacerbated it. And it ticks me off. I want my kids to have a good life.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Administration Choices Ezcaerabated Kid Ticks
With the success of a show, you get an opportunity to call attention to things that you believe in.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Attention Believe Opportunity

I was at the vice president’s Christmas party. I thought that his speech was spectacular, and I knew that it was a very emotional and difficult thing for him to do, but I admonished him for not waiting just one more stinking day.

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I was at the vice president’s Christmas party. I thought that his speech was spectacular, and I knew that it was a very emotional and difficult thing for him to do, but I admonished him for not waiting just one more stinking day.

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