Bradley Whitford
Bradley Whitford
Bradley Whitfordis 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth10 October 1959
CityMadison, WI
CountryUnited States of America
John was the guy saying, 'This is phenomenal. Relish this.' He was always saying that to me. It's very hard to understand how somebody just goes away.
It's a miracle to be able make a living in a non-humiliating way as an actor.
Alan Greenspan once said to me . . . that he was really upset that when our Fed chairman died, nobody cared. It wasn't even the 'A' story.
It was absolutely fine for me that the show was postponed. I thought the vice president was great, so I'll gladly give him the airwaves.
Life is too challenging for external rewards to sustain us.
Being on the show, you get this bizarre political credibility, which is embarrassing and unearned, because we're just actors doing a show.
In the right situation, acting on television can be extraordinarily satisfying creatively. But that's incredibly rare. Otherwise, it can be like working in a really remunerative coal mine. That's the down side.
Cal Ripken is steady, he focuses on his job, and he's a good guy.
When you act, you're always playing a version of yourself. You can't bring more to the role than what you are
You don't want to become one of those Hollywood idiots who is just blathering about anything
The issue for my character, and the issue of the show is, how dirty do your feet have to get without suffocating yourself in the mud in order to get an inch of what you really want done?
Anybody who can dial a telephone can master tennis scoring in about 15 minutes.
The invisible carnage of the unf-ed wives and the children not being read to is just wafting out.
With the success of a show, you get an opportunity to call attention to things that you believe in.