I Think The Church Is A Conduit

Aaron Sorkin Very Sticky About Using Precise Language. It's In His Contract: You Have To Use What He Writes!

I Still Believe In The Nonviolent Jesus And The Basic Human Goodness Present In All Of Us.

This Supposed Idyllic Society We Have Is The Most Confused, Warped, Addicted Society In The History Of The World. We Are Addicted To Power, We're Addicted To Our Own Image Of Ourselves, To Violence, Divorce, Abortion, And Sex.

I Was The Last One To Join The Cast Of The West Wing And When I Started It Was Just A Peripheral Character - The Focus Was To Be On The Staff, Not The First Family. When I Did The Pilot, My Contract Was For Just Three Years And It Was Confined To Maybe Three Or Four Episodes Every Season. The Only Restraint I Had Was That I Could Not Play Another President While The Show Was On The Air. So, I Kind Of Backed Into One Of The Great Events Of My Life And Certainly My Career.

I Was A Celebrity. This Is Not What I Do For A Living - Politics. I Play Politicians, As Well As Working Class Or Clergy Or Whatever, And You Mustn't Be Confused By What You're Seeing On Television Because That's Not Who I Am. So I Always Ended It.