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 WHITFORDYou don’t want to become one of those Hollywood idiots who is just blathering about anything
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This election ain’t no stinkin’ TV show.
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With the success of a show, you get an opportunity to call attention to things that you believe in.
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Having an affair with an intern is just an incredibly stupid thing to do.
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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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The invisible carnage of the unf-ed wives and the children not being read to is just wafting out.
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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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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.
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You don’t want to become one of those Hollywood idiots who is just blathering about anything
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I grew up in a family where the internalized understanding was that the kids were going to grow up into a better world. I worry, because I don’t think my kids are going to have that.
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As an actor you always feel like you’re swimming upstream.
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Only two things ever stop the government from doing anything: money and politics
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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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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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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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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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