47 Quotes by William Devane

So the writers would have the dialogue be a certain way until it got to the floor. Once the scene hits the floor, the actors are in charge.

Doing a continuing show like that, with the huge growth potential for the character, the possibility of creating an enduring character, it was great.

And I'm not interested in playing someone 47 anymore and getting face work and everything else. I've moved on to grandfather roles.

Writers are not always right however, but then again, I've been on shows where the actors have complete control and change everything and it's terrible.

Even though shows like NYPD Blue are soaps in my opinion, but they're individualized to an extent that you can still follow what's going on if you miss a week.

There's a certain possessiveness of writers sometimes.

I would fix other people's lines if they asked me on occasion. The hard part of writing is the architecture of it, getting the story and structuring it. Not the tweaking of lines.

Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest.

The West Wing seems to be feeding the myth about how presidential politics are.