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 More Quotes by Bradley Whitford More Quotes From Bradley Whitford 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. 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 talking long years 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. Bradley Whitford real enough needs 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. Bradley Whitford faith order believe I have to think that I think it's always been a horse race between this administration's temporary political acumen and their completely, utterly, totally bankrupt policies. And they're coming home to roost. It was always a question of time. These guys aren't conservative. These guys are radicals. Bradley Whitford horse home thinking My joke about Aaron Sorkin is that The West Wing was a great show about democracy, run by Kim Jong-Il! Bradley Whitford jokes democracy running 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 coal acting sides Only two things ever stop the government from doing anything: money and politics Bradley Whitford two-things government two 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. 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 political decision character 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 nerd revenge house 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. 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 people dirty thinking As an actor you always feel like you're swimming upstream. Bradley Whitford swimming like-you With the success of a show, you get an opportunity to call attention to things that you believe in. Bradley Whitford opportunity attention believe The invisible carnage of the unf-ed wives and the children not being read to is just wafting out. Bradley Whitford invisible wife children 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 naughty character dirty You don't want to become one of those Hollywood idiots who is just blathering about anything Bradley Whitford idiot hollywood want John Wells let me write a couple of West Wings, which was an incredible gift. I loved it once I got past the brain injury part of it, and so I'm working on a couple of things that are far from fruition, but what I want to pursue Bradley Whitford couple writing past 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 emotional party christmas I can't believe George Bush might be president. Bradley Whitford hype president believe Having an affair with an intern is just an incredibly stupid thing to do. Bradley Whitford affair things-to-do stupid Cal Ripken is steady, he focuses on his job, and he's a good guy. Bradley Whitford cal-ripken guy jobs
