Roxy Sorkin, your father just won the Academy Award. I’m going to have to insist on some respect from your guinea pig.
AARON SORKINWell, I must tell you I write the scripts very close to the bone. So I’m writing episode seven now and couldn’t tell you what happens in episode eight.
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My resting pulse as a writer is writing idealistically and romantically; aspirationally. My taste lies in quixotic heroes.
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I have a lot of respect for people who are great at ad-libbing, and for writers and directors who are able to create a scene in which that works.
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Film doesn’t have to worry. Movies are awesome. There’s no war going on, theaters aren’t going to lose.
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Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word ‘census’, and people fall asleep.
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I don’t believe there are two sides to every argument. I think the facts are the center. And watching the news abandon the facts in favor of “fairness” is what’s troubling to me.
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I’ll get cast occasionally as sort of the jerk version of myself, and I have fun doing that. But it’s really better for everyone if I stay behind the camera.
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I like workplace shows and White House was a very glamorous workplace to set a show in; it appealed to a sense of romanticism and idealism that I have.
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What’s interesting, is that I’ve found that the more accomplished a director is, the more secure they are in giving direction that sounds incredibly unsophisticated.
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It seems to me that more and more we’ve come to expect less and less from each other, and I think that should change.
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The guy who wins the Oscar for Best Actor has a much higher bar to clear than the woman who wins best actress.
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I’m a registered Republican, I only seem liberal because I believe that hurricanes are caused by high barometric pressure and not gay marriage.
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Elite is not a bad word, it’s an aspirational one.
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This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.
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It’s a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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We live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.
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