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> [One of the great things about the old days of television, 10 years ago, or 15 years ago, was that it was water cooler television. People would communally watch the same hour. People used to tell us all the time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schiff/one-of-the-great-things-about-the-old-days-of-television-10-years-ago/)

[Richard Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schiff/)

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## More by Richard Schiff

> [I was happy to spend time with my family, get to know my daughter, who was born during The West Wing. I missed her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schiff/i-was-happy-to-spend-time-with-my-family-get-to-know-my-daughter-who/)

[Richard Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schiff/)

> [Families are like puzzles. They fit together in a certain way, and if one piece is missing, it throws everything off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schiff/families-are-like-puzzles-they-fit-together-in-a-certain-way-and-if/)

[Richard Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schiff/)

> [Things happen to us and reaction is sometimes tough to measure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schiff/things-happen-to-us-and-reaction-is-sometimes-tough-to-measure/)

[Richard Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schiff/)

> [Most actors, unless they're big movie stars and can carve out huge chunks of time to focus on one movie that takes six months…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schiff/most-actors-unless-they-re-big-movie-stars-and-can-carve-out-huge/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schiff/i-have-to-admit-i-ve-rarely-been-happier-in-my-life-i-have-been/)

[Richard Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schiff/)

> [If you go to the real West Wing in the White House it looks like a boring law office; there's really not a whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schiff/if-you-go-to-the-real-west-wing-in-the-white-house-it-looks-like-a/)

[Richard Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schiff/)

> [I would love to be in the position where the role is challenging enough that I need three months to prepare for it and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schiff/i-would-love-to-be-in-the-position-where-the-role-is-challenging/)

[Richard Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schiff/)

> [My parents grew up in the Depression. Despite the success that they both had in their lives, there's a certain mentality that tells you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schiff/my-parents-grew-up-in-the-depression-despite-the-success-that-they/)

[Richard Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schiff/)

> [Every role is challenging in its own way, but the most challenging roles are the ones that are badly written - then it's completely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schiff/every-role-is-challenging-in-its-own-way-but-the-most-challenging/)

[Richard Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schiff/)

> [I still have the mentality of someone who doesn't know where he's going to sleep and doesn't know if he has enough money for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schiff/i-still-have-the-mentality-of-someone-who-doesn-t-know-where-he-s/)

[Richard Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schiff/)

> [I love David Fincher - even though it was just two scenes, I loved the way we worked and could tell by the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schiff/i-love-david-fincher-even-though-it-was-just-two-scenes-i-loved-the/)

[Richard Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schiff/)

> [I've been very lucky not to have turned down too many roles that I've later regretted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schiff/i-ve-been-very-lucky-not-to-have-turned-down-too-many-roles-that-i-ve/)

[Richard Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schiff/)

> [It seems not to matter that we are at the brink of a war that may spread beyond Afghanistan and Iraq to Iran and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schiff/it-seems-not-to-matter-that-we-are-at-the-brink-of-a-war-that-may/)

[Richard Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schiff/)

> [I go in to Warner Brothers to test and in the waiting area I saw Allison Janney sitting there, who I did not know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schiff/i-go-in-to-warner-brothers-to-test-and-in-the-waiting-area-i-saw/)

[Richard Schiff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-schiff/)

> [The political nonsense of network television and the culture of a set and all the problems that that can create, I can take. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-schiff/the-political-nonsense-of-network-television-and-the-culture-of-a-set/)

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