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William Devane

"Donna Mills came on the show as a female antagonist, about a year before, so now they wanted to have a male antagonist. I was cast as a Senator to shake things up."

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"Donna Mills came on the show as a female antagonist, about a year before, so now they wanted to have a male antagonist. I was cast as a Senator to shake things up."

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Asa Don Brown

"The Bermuda Triangle got tired of warm weather. It moved to Alaska. Now Santa Claus is missing."

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Asa Don Brown

"Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail."

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Asa Don Brown

"What is now proved was once only imagined."

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Asa Don Brown

"The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire."

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Asa Don Brown

"If matters go badly now, they will not always be so."

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Asa Don Brown

"For years I wanted to be older, and now I am."

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Asa Don Brown

"The month of January, we were number one. Now, this is something we're proud of, because we recognize we're up against a formidable operation there at CNN."

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Asa Don Brown

"In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted."

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Asa Don Brown

"Damn the sword! When Virginia wanted a sword, I gave her one. Now she sends me a toy! I require bread!"

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Asa Don Brown

"If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative."

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William Devane
"I'm trying to find a character that's my age and I can sustain week after week. I'd like to do a series."

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William Devane
"And all of Laura's stuff, what they wrote originally wasn't as good and Constance wound up doing that herself. That was all her stuff, reading to the child, because she had children herself and that's what she would have done."

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William Devane
"At one time, whenever the hell it was, they wanted a character to come in and stir up the pot. They brought me in for 8-10 episodes and said we'll try it for that."

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William Devane
"The West Wing seems to be feeding the myth about how presidential politics are."

Politics

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William Devane
"Clint Eastwood is aging beautifully. But someone like Burt Reynolds and others are practically destroying their faces in the amount of work they have."

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William Devane
"And I have to credit David Jacobs with the opportunities he gave me. He was totally into sharing the creation of characters. David put together a show that told the story of people over many years' time and that was greatly enjoyable. Though nowadays that is frowned upon."

Time

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William Devane
"There's a certain possessiveness of writers sometimes."

Writer

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William Devane
"I would fix other people's lines if they asked me on occasion. The hard part of writing is the architecture of it, getting the story and structuring it. Not the tweaking of lines."

Architecture

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William Devane
"Writers are not always right however, but then again, I've been on shows where the actors have complete control and change everything and it's terrible."

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William Devane
"David was the kind of guy who was totally supportive of the actors and instructed the writing staff to trust the actor's instincts, since after all, it's the actors playing the character."

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