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You don’t want to become one of those Hollywood idiots who is just blathering about anything

Bradley Whitford

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
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.
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Bottom Expected More Say Work
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
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. 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
You don’t want to become one of those Hollywood idiots who is just blathering about anything
BRADLEY WHITFORD

Hollywood Idiot Want
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
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
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
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
Only two things ever stop the government from doing anything: money and politics
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Government Money Politics Things
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.
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Good Grow Up Kids Life
As an actor you always feel like you’re swimming upstream.
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Like You Swimming
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.
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Asked Called Moment Power
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.
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Against Character Feeling Personal Sentiment
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

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