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Aaron Sorkin
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 9
Actor
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New York City
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Aaron Benjamin Sorkin
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A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.
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The guy who wins the Oscar for Best Actor has a much higher bar to clear than the woman who wins best actress.
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Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census', and people fall asleep.
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There's that process of writing it - then you come out of your room into the sunlight, and you now have to complete the circuit and make the connection finally with the audience.
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It's important to remember that, first and foremost, if not only, this is entertainment. 'The West Wing' isn't meant to be good for you.
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You're going to fall down, but the world doesn't care how many times you fall down, as long as it's one fewer than the numbers of times you get back up.
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My preference would have been to not go back on the air after 9\11, at all until the time felt right but that wasn't an option.
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Toby Zeigler: There's literally no one in the world I don't hate right now.
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With a television series, there's a hard deadline, and so you have to write even when you're not writing well.
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It was hard saying goodbye to the character and harder saying goodbye to the actor. When rumours started going around that Rob Lowe might be leaving I got an email from Josh Malina asking if I'd be interested in an actor who was cheaper and not as good looking. I wrote back, Always, and that was that.
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I like workplace shows and White House was a very glamorous workplace to set a show in it appealed to a sense of romanticism and idealism that I have.
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I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection.
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This is a time for serious people, Bob, and your fifteen minutes are up.
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It seems to me that more and more we've come to expect less and less from each other, and I think that should change.
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What's interesting, is that I've found that the more accomplished a director is, the more secure they are in giving direction that sounds incredibly unsophisticated.
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I think it's up to writers to write stuff that is compelling enough that people want to watch.
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I have a lot of respect for people who are great at ad-libbing, and for writers and directors who are able to create a scene in which that works.
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I don’t believe there are two sides to every argument. I think the facts are the center. And watching the news abandon the facts in favor of “fairness” is what’s troubling to me.
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Stupid people surround themselves with smart people. Smart people surround themselves with smart people who disagree with them.
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I'm terribly afraid of failure. When your identity is wrapped up in writing and you've written something that doesn't work, it's a tough pill to swallow.
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