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Bradley Whitford

Only two things ever stop the government from doing anything: money and politics
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Government Money Politics Things
It’s a very political decision he has to make.” I found from the very beginning that when I infused my own personal feelings about an issue it went against the grain of the character.
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Against Character Feeling Personal Sentiment
You don’t want your credibility banana to turn brown, but you do want to speak out about what you believe in.
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Believe Out Speaks Want
Infuse your life with action.
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Action Infuse Wait
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.
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Administration Choices Ezcaerabated Kid Ticks
I am an old, old friend of Aaron Sorkin’s, who is the executive producer and writer. He had been talking about doing a political show for a long time and I had been interested in it for a long time.
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Long Talking Years
Being an actor, you always feel like you’re swimming upstream. People are going, “No, they don’t like you. They don’t like the way you look. They don’t like how old you are.”
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Looks People Swimming
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.
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Fighting Ideas Want
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
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!
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House Nerd Revenge
I did not always agree, personally, on the positions that Bartlet, character from the West Wing, took and I argued against them on many occasions. But Aaron Sorkin said, “Martin, that’s you, that’s not Barlet.
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Character Decision Political
When you act, you’re always playing a version of yourself. You can’t bring more to the role than what you are
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Always Play Roles Versions
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.
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Believe Faith Order
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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Christmas Emotional Parties
Take action. Every story you’ve ever connected with, every leader you’ve ever admired, every puny little thing that you’ve ever accomplished is the result of taking action.
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Graduation Hero Leader
Infuse your life with action. Don’t wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope.
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Action Hope Waiting

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