Richard Schiff

I was happy to spend time with my family, get to know my daughter, who was born during The West Wing. I…

— Richard Schiff

Families are like puzzles. They fit together in a certain way, and if one piece is missing, it throws everything off.

— Richard Schiff

Things happen to us and reaction is sometimes tough to measure.

— 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…

— Richard Schiff

I have to admit I've rarely been happier in my life. I have been absolutely thrilled to be back in New York…

— 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…

— Richard Schiff

I would love to be in the position where the role is challenging enough that I need three months to prepare for…

— 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…

— Richard Schiff

Every role is challenging in its own way, but the most challenging roles are the ones that are badly written - then…

— 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…

— Richard Schiff

I love David Fincher - even though it was just two scenes, I loved the way we worked and could tell by…

— Richard Schiff

I've been very lucky not to have turned down too many roles that I've later regretted.

— Richard Schiff

It seems not to matter that we are at the brink of a war that may spread beyond Afghanistan and Iraq to…

— Richard Schiff

I go in to Warner Brothers to test and in the waiting area I saw Allison Janney sitting there, who I did…

— Richard Schiff

The political nonsense of network television and the culture of a set and all the problems that that can create, I can…

— Richard Schiff

Surviving the grind of 18-hour days and getting up at four in the morning to work out for an hour so I'd…

— Richard Schiff

It was tough doing 'Underneath the Lintel' in New Jersey in the wintertime, but rewarding. Those audiences were lively and interactive. On-stage…

— Richard Schiff

You had actors that came from live theatre and it felt like you're doing a play. Every time we did a three…

— Richard Schiff

I had been used to improvising and even in the audition I was feeling free to rearrange Aaron Sorkin words a little…

— Richard Schiff

There's a genetic memory that stays on your bones. What you experience when you're young, I think it stays with you.

— Richard Schiff

One of the great things about the old days of television, 10 years ago, or 15 years ago, was that it was…

— Richard Schiff

My favourite British spots are any of the beautiful parks, especially on a sunny day such as this, after a long stretch…

— Richard Schiff

I imagine an America that can actually change. That we become a nation that prospers again but without pillaging the resources of…

— Richard Schiff

I mean everyone, from Al Pacino to Murphy Guyer, are phenomenal actors.

— Richard Schiff

I remember the day Richard Nixon won in 1968. That was a time that seemed certain to bring about long awaited seismic…

— Richard Schiff