While Acting Is What I Do For

One Of My Favorite Episodes In West Wing Was The Homeless Man That Died And They Found, In The Overcoat He Was Wearing, A Card Of The Speechwriter, Toby. He Had Given That Coat To The Goodwill And This Guy Had Ended Up Wearing It, Died In It And Toby Went To His Funeral. He Turned Out To Be A Korean War Veteran. It Was Our First Christmas Episode And That Was A True Story - A Member Of The Staff Had Done Exactly That. So Many Of These Stories Were Far Better Than Any Fiction.

I Think The Church Is A Conduit To God. The Church Is Not God. And I Think That From The Very Beginning Jesus Taught Us That.

People, Although Having Their Own Cross To Carry, Can Minister To Others Through Their Own Pain.

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.

No Matter What Is Going On, Everything Is Grace.