Latest Bradley Whitford Quotes from Interviews

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• My joke about Aaron Sorkin is that The West Wing was a great show about democracy, run by Kim Jong-Il!

  Bradley Whitford

  Running, Democracy, Jokes

  Source: www.empireonline.com

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

  Bradley Whitford

  Swimming, Like You

  "The Definitive History Of The West Wing: Part 2. Inauguration". www.empireonline.com.

• 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, People, Conservative

  "The Definitive History Of The West Wing: Part 2. Inauguration". www.empireonline.com.

• 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

  Dirty, Thinking, People

• 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

  Revenge, House, Nerd

  "The Definitive History Of The West Wing" by James Dyer, www.empireonline.com.

• 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

  Acting, Sides, Coal

  "Bradley Whitford on Happyish, The West Wing, and his high heels on Transparent". Interview with Will Harris, tv.avclub.com. June 16, 2015.

• 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

  "Bradley Whitford on Happyish, The West Wing, and his high heels on Transparent". Interview with Will Harris, tv.avclub.com. June 16, 2015.