Take action. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life. Action is the antidote to apathy and cynicism and despair. You will inevitably make mistakes but at the end of your days, you will be remembered for your gallop, not for your stumble.

Bradley Whitford

Categorized in : Mistake Hero Despair

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.

Bradley Whitford

waiting motivational life

At the end of your days, you will be judged by your gallop, not by your stumble.

Bradley Whitford

judged ends

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. You have a choice. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life.

Bradley Whitford

leader hero graduation

People always say, "Could it have been a show about a conservative Republican administration?" No! Nobody wants to watch that! Watching Republicans flirt makes people queasy!

Bradley Whitford

flirting conservative people

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

hope waiting action

Help us show children around the world that we can make a difference together.

Bradley Whitford

making-a-difference differences children

Whatever you do, make sure you want to write more than you want to be a writer. Make sure you want to act more than you want to be an actor. That is what will sustain you.

Bradley Whitford

actors want writing

I heard an Israeli speaking on Palestinian human rights issues, an interesting guy, and he said 'There's no military solution to terrorism. If there were, Israel would be the safest place in the world. But there's no military solution.'

Bradley Whitford

issues israel military

You don't want your credibility banana to turn brown, but you do want to speak out about what you believe in.

Bradley Whitford

speaks-out want believe

We all go through life bristling at our external limitations, but the most difficult chains to break are inside us.

Bradley Whitford

break graduation believe

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

versions roles

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. 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

good-life growing-up kids

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

Infuse your life with action.

Bradley Whitford

waiting-for-you waiting action

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

swimming people looks

Richard Schiff is a really good baseball player. It's surprising because he looks exhausted.

Bradley Whitford

player baseball looks

I want to see Bob Dylan do sketch comedy. I'm a huge Bob Dylan fan.

Bradley Whitford

bob fans want

This election ain't no stinkin' TV show.

Bradley Whitford

tv-shows election tvs

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.

Bradley Whitford

issues talking giving

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. So, to a certain extent, he's very interested. If there's some problem or something that doesn't ring true, he wants to know why and he wants to correct it or fight for it.

Bradley Whitford

fighting want ideas