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As an actor you always feel like you’re swimming upstream.

Bradley Whitford

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
One of the most surreal moments in this election was after the third debate, when I heard a talking head say, Al Gore won on substance, on the issues. But you have to give the victory to Bush because he seems presidential.
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Giving Issues Talking
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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Dirty People Thinking
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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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.
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Acting Coal Incredibly Sides
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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Fighting Ideas Want
With the success of a show, you get an opportunity to call attention to things that you believe in.
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Attention Believe Opportunity
The invisible carnage of the unf-ed wives and the children not being read to is just wafting out.
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Children Invisible Wife
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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Believe Faith Order
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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Frustration Guy Interesting
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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Believe Out Speaks Want
You need to be real enough to be believable, but you don’t necessarily have to be real enough to be real. There is a distinction.
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Enough Needs Real
Having an affair with an intern is just an incredibly stupid thing to do.
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Affair Stupid Things
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.
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Administration Choices Ezcaerabated Kid Ticks
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
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

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