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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

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
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.
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Against Character Feeling Personal Sentiment
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
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
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
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
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
This election ain’t no stinkin’ TV show.
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Election Show Television Update
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
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
Having an affair with an intern is just an incredibly stupid thing to do.
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Affair Stupid Things
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.
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Action Infuse Wait
Only two things ever stop the government from doing anything: money and politics
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Government Money Politics Things
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

Dirty People Thinking
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

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?

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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?

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