Bradley Whitford Quotes

• Love means never having to say you’re a zero.

  Bradley Whitford

  Topics in Love

• 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

  Topics in Family

  Tags in Understanding

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

  Bradley Whitford

  Topics in Job

  Tags in Steady

• Having an affair with an intern is just an incredibly stupid thing to do.

  Bradley Whitford

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Affair, Incredibly

• I can’t believe George Bush might be president.

  Bradley Whitford

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Believe, President

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Passionate

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

  Bradley Whitford

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Tennis

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Friend

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Control, Frustration

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Think

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Human Rights

• 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

  Topics in Christmas

  Tags in Party

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Moments

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

  Bradley Whitford

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Comedy

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Couple

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

  Bradley Whitford

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Baseball

• 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

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Action

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Demands, Story

• This election ain’t no stinkin’ TV show.

  Bradley Whitford

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Election, Show

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

  Bradley Whitford

  Topics in Opportunity, Success

Bradley Whitford (26)

Birth:	10th October, 1959
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor

About

Bradley Whitford was born in Madison, Wisconsin. He is an American film and television actor. He has played White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman on the NBC television drama The West Wing, Danny Tripp on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Dan Stark in the Fox police buddy-comedy The Good Guys, Timothy Carter, a character who was believed to be Red John in the CBS series The Mentalist, and antagonist Eric Gordon in the film Billy Madison. Whitford was nominated for three consecutive Emmy Awards from 2001–2003 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role on The West Wing, winning the award in 2001. This role has also garnered him three consecutive Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role. He graduated from Madison East High School in 1977.

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