71 Quotes by Bradley Whitford

Take action. Every story you’ve ever connected with, every leader you’ve ever admired, every puny little thing that you’ve ever accomplished is the result of taking action. You have a choice. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life.

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

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

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.

Only two things ever stop the government from doing anything: money and politics.

You don’t want your credibility banana to turn brown, but you do want to speak out about what you believe in.

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.”

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

You need to be real enough to be believable, but you don’t necessarily have to be real enough to be real. There is a distinction.