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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

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.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Bottom Expected More Say Work
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.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Good Grow Up Kids Life
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
The issue for my character, and the issue of the show is, how dirty do your feet have to get without suffocating yourself in the mud in order to get an inch of what you really want done?
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Character Dirty Naughty
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.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Acting Coal Incredibly Sides
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
This election ain’t no stinkin’ TV show.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Election Show Television Update
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
You don’t want your credibility banana to turn brown, but you do want to speak out about what you believe in.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Believe Out Speaks Want
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 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

Christmas Emotional Parties
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.”
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Looks People Swimming
With the success of a show, you get an opportunity to call attention to things that you believe in.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Attention Believe Opportunity
When you act, you’re always playing a version of yourself. You can’t bring more to the role than what you are
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Always Play Roles Versions
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
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

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.

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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.

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