This Is A Time For Serious People,

I'd Been Concerned All Along That The Character Of The President In The West Wing Pilot Would Throw The Ensemble Out Of Whack, That That Character Would Simply Take Up All The Oxygen In A Room. I Wanted To Hold Off Bringing This Character In Until The Last Possible Moment.

It Seems To Me That More And More We've Come To Expect Less And Less From Each Other, And I Think That Should Change.

Writers Are Opposite Of Athletes, They Get Better With Age

Josh: So, Toby, It’s Election Night. What Do You Say About A Country That Goes Out Of Its Way To Protect Even Those Citizens That Try To Destroy It? Toby: God Bless America.

One Of The Biggest Challenges In The Past For Me In Working On The Networks Was That Audiences Have Grown Accustomed To Television Being Something That Keeps You Company-background Music, Something That You Have On While You're Flipping Through A Magazine, Cooking Dinner, Talking On The Phone, Putting The Kids To Bed.