Bradley Whitford Quotations

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.

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

When you act, you're always playing a version of yourself. You can't bring more to the role than what you are

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

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?

Anybody who can dial a telephone can master tennis scoring in about 15 minutes.

The invisible carnage of the unf-ed wives and the children not being read to is just wafting out.

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

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.

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