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.
AARON SORKINTrying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.
More Aaron Sorkin Quotes
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People who don’t know anything tend to make up fake rules, the real rules being considerably more difficult to learn.
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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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Josh: So, Toby, it’s election night. What do you say about a country that goes out of its way to protect even those citizens that try to destroy it? Toby: God bless America.
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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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Toby Zeigler: There’s literally no one in the world I don’t hate right now.
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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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You know, one of the things I like about this world, or at least I like about the way we’re presenting this world, is these issues are terribly complicated – not nearly as black and white as we’re led to believe.
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Decisions are made by those who show up. Don’t ever forget that you’re a citizen of this world.
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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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I want to convey that I’m crazy about the Kardashians – but I’m not sure which is which.
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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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It wouldn’t kill you to watch a film or pick up a newspaper once in a while.
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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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My resting pulse as a writer is writing idealistically and romantically; aspirationally. My taste lies in quixotic heroes.
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The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one – America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.
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