Is self-interest a bad thing? We want our leaders to be pure and good, but at the same time we want them to be effective, and to be effective you often have to be ruthless and not bound by ideology… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
Every director is different. One of the great things about getting to work with so many directors in one TV series is collaborating with… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
You always want to try, in everything you do, to attempt something you've never tried before, and the only way to succeed at that… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
This is the way I think about politics: We want two diametrically opposed things from a politician. On one hand we want them to… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
In politics, it's very theatrical. There's a lot of stage craft. The campaign is trying to tell a story that they want people to… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
Richard III is not likeable. Macbeth is not likeable. Hamlet is not likeable. And yet you can't take your eyes off them. I'm far… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
If you really think that ambition, power, lust, desire are not as applicable in the media as in politics or on Wall Street or… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality. — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
In the best possible scenario, whenever you get notes from people, they're good notes, and they see things that you wouldn't have seen otherwise,… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
I don't desire happiness. I think it's a myth, and I don't think it's... and it makes you complacent. I feel very satisfyingly uncomfortable.… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
Real leaders have to live a paradoxical life, where they must break the rules in order to maintain them. If your expectations are high,… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
I refuse to buy a PS3 or Xbox for my home for fear that it might ruin my life. I think I would cease… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
In Washington, if you're a congressman or a senator or the President, you make much more money than the average American, but you'd think… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
Tales of power and ambition and intrigue and betrayal and desire - when you're telling those in a big way, you automatically want to… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
If you work hard and play by the rules, you'll have a better life than your parents did, and your children will have a… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
It's a rough and tumble game whenever power is involved - people's ambitions, their desires, their competitive spirit will often push them to play… — Beau Willimon Copy Share Image
