Richard Schiff
Richard Schiff
Richard Schiffis an American actor and comedian. He played Toby Ziegler on The West Wing, a role for which he received an Emmy Award. Schiff made his directorial debut with The West Wing, directing an episode entitled "Talking Points."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth27 May 1955
CityBethesda, MD
CountryUnited States of America
conscience dynamic pressure relieve somewhat
who is somewhat conscience-driven and dynamic in his opinions. There is pressure to relieve him of his voice.
pressure relieve
There is pressure to relieve him of his voice,
carry few personal rest treasures
There are very few personal treasures that you put in your knapsack to carry with you for the rest of your life, and he's one of those.
al david films great jack next saw somebody version
I was doing a play out in L.A. 20-some-odd years ago called 'Goose and Tomtom' by David Rabe, and somebody saw it and the next thing I know I'm doing the table read of the film version of 'Glengarry Glen Ross' with Al Pacino and Jack Lemmon - one of the great films of our generation.
comfort fights good love move past peace realm spark
I love my wife... but sometimes not so much. Frustration and fights can muck up a good thing. And just when a thing can move past differences and into the realm of peace and prosperity, another thing - an old idea or new interpretation or any spark that relights the paradigms that comfort us - will keep us where we are, where it is safe.
suit suppress
I'm not accusing Warner Bros. of suppressing Toby in any way, shape, or form, ... It's not some suit at Warner Bros. that goes, 'That Toby, we've got to suppress him.' I know it sounded like that, but it's not what I mean, and that's stupid.
interesting challenges stories
Every role is challenging in its own way, but the most challenging roles are the ones that are badly written - then it's completely up to you to come up with something that is interesting to the story and myself as an actor.
people guy scare
I wanna be in action movies, I wanna be the tough guy I wanna scare people.
hate america people
I imagine an America that can actually change. That we become a nation that prospers again but without pillaging the resources of nations that make their people hate us. That we become a nation that, as the constitution says in its preamble, its very first paragraph, 'promotes the general welfare' of its people.
jersey tough stage
It was tough doing 'Underneath the Lintel' in New Jersey in the wintertime, but rewarding. Those audiences were lively and interactive. On-stage was great, but off-stage was difficult.
believe lucky forgotten
I am one of the lucky ones; believe me, I haven't forgotten that.
new-york block real
I have to admit I've rarely been happier in my life. I have been absolutely thrilled to be back in New York and living a block from where I grew up. Just to be back in New York and, quite honestly, away from Hollywood has been an absolute thrill for me. I feel like I'm a real actor again.
years skulls wife
I fell in love with my wife twenty years ago. I am only now, it seems, getting it through my very thick skull how lucky I am.
tough sometimes reactions
Things happen to us and reaction is sometimes tough to measure.