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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.

Bradley Whitford

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Bradley Whitford
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 10
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
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Television Producer
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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!
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At the end of your days, you will be judged by your gallop, not by your stumble.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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You don't want your credibility banana to turn brown, but you do want to speak out about what you believe in.
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You don't want to become one of those Hollywood idiots who is just blathering about anything
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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.'
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