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Bradley Whitford

Bradley Whitford (born October 10, 1959) is an American actor and political activist. He portrayed White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman in the NBC television drama The West Wing, for which he was nominated for three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards from 2001 to 2003, winning in 2001. This role also earned him three consecutive Golden Globe Award nominations.

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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.

Writing, Actors, Want, Actor, Writer, Make

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

Actor, Like, Like You, Swimming, Upstream

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.

Dirty, Expected, People, Show, Think, 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.

Believable, Distinction, Enough, Needs, Real

Cal Ripken is steady, he focuses on his job, and he's a good guy.

Cal, Cal Ripken, Focuses, Guy, Job, Jobs

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. "

Swimming, People, Looks, Look, Actor

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. '

Military, Issues, Rights, Speaking, World

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.

Fight, Fighting, Ideas, Maniacal, Passionate, Tussle

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

Baseball, Exhausted, Looks, Player, Schiff

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

Bob, Fans, Huge, See, Sketch, Want

With the success of a show, you get an opportunity to call attention to things that you believe in.

Attention, Believe, Opportunity, Show, Things

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.

Long, Old, Political, Talking, Time, Years

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope.

Action, Hope, Infuse, Life, Wait, Waiting

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?

Character, Dirty, Inch, Naughty, Suffocating

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

Believe, Break, Bristling, Difficult, External, Graduation

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

Believe, Brown, Credibility, Speak, Speaks Out, Want

This election ain't no stinkin' TV show.

Election, Show, Stinkin, Tv Shows, Tvs

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

Days, Ends, Gallop, Judged, Stumble

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!

Conservative, Flirting, Nobody, People, Republicans

Only two things ever stop the government from doing anything: money and politics

Government, Politics, Stop, Two, Two Things

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