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Tony Goldwyn

Tony Goldwyn Books

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Tony Goldwyn, born on May 20, 1960, is an accomplished American actor with a notable career in both film and television. Renowned for his exceptional performances, he has made a significant impact in the entertainment industry.

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“I think I've inherited a kind ofwillfulness, a kind of quiet willfulness that I'll just hang in there with something until it happens.”

Thinking Kind Happens Quiet Hang In There Willfulness

Author:Tony Goldwyn

“My mother's whole family had been from the theater, really. Because I grew up in Hollywood, I wasn't that interested in Hollywood. But the New York theater was completely exotic and fabulous to me.”

Whole Mother New York Grew Grew Up Hollywood Theater Fabulous Exotic Whole Family

Author:Tony Goldwyn

“I'm a moderate Democrat. I've always been fascinated and maddened by the way things get done in our system, which as an ideal is so extraordinary, but the way it actually works can be mind-boggling.”

Way Mind Done Ideals Democrat Extraordinary Fascinated Moderates Mind Boggling

Author:Tony Goldwyn

“You can say the president's private life takes up so much of his time that he doesn't focus on his job, so therefore he's terrible. But in my imagination, the 23 hours of the day that we don't experience, he's very hard at work. He's quite an effective and successful president - in my narcissistic imagination.”

Hard Jobs President Hours Imagination Successful Focus Terrible My Imagination Private Life Narcissistic

Author:Tony Goldwyn

“If you're in a popular TV show, you can attract attention, and I like to help focus that on stories that deserve to be told - which is what politicians do. But I would lose my autonomy, and to get things done I would have to compromise and get into the weeds of policy. I don't know if I'm smart enough.”

Ifs Knows Done Enough Helping Stories Shows Loses Attention Focus Policy Tvs Politician Smart Deserve Compromise Weed Tv Shows Autonomy Things Done

Author:Tony Goldwyn

“I directed and produced Conviction, a movie about a man who spent 18 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. I got to know Innocence Project co-founder Barry Scheck very well - he's a character in the movie - and I got very passionate about the cause. It's just so inherently dramatic.”

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“Capital punishment? It makes no sense as a policy: It's not a deterrent, and economically it's a disaster. It's very clear that there are innocent people on death row. And if I put an innocent person to death, that's murder.”

People Ifs Persons Clear Policy Murder Disaster Punishment Innocent Capital Punishment Deterrent Death Row Innocent Person

Author:Tony Goldwyn

“I think the problem with polemics is that it's general and it's lazy. When you say, "This is bad," that's a general thing. We're more interested in asking the question.”

Thinking Problem Asking Lazy Polemics

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“Even when a pilot goes, you shoot it in March or April, and then you have to rush it through post-production by May. If they greenlight it, then you go and there's no time to think about it. And then, you've gotta start shooting in July, so you're off to the races.”

Ifs Thinking May Race Productions Posts Shooting March Pilots April July Time To Think Post Production

Author:Tony Goldwyn

“The network was fantastic, but you get a lot of anxiety with any production. It was very helpful to have both of us because we could back each other up. As a creator, a director and a filmmaker, you often get assaulted and you lose perspective because you have all of this pressure. It was so nice to call him and say, "What do you think?"”

Thinking Loses Nice Perspective Directors Anxiety Pressure Productions Creator Fantastic Filmmaker Helpful

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“It was great to essentially have two protagonists where you're sympathies could go back and forth between the two of them, throughout the season.”

Two Seasons Back And Forth Protagonists

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“One of the reasons that the African American actors wanted to be a part of the show was because these people are talking to each other the way that African American people talk to each other, and they said that they didn't see that on TV.”

People Way Said Reason Shows Wanted Actors Talking Tvs African American They Said

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“I'm always perversely attracted to characters that seem one thing, but are ultimately revealed as another...”

Character Seems One Thing

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“Whether it's movies or television that I've directed, or characters that I've played, I'm just always fascinated by the moral ambiguity inherent in life.”

Character Moral Television Fascinated Inherent Ambiguity Moral Ambiguity

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“In television, the creator is really the voice...”

Voice Television Creator

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“I really enjoy directing television because you get to work in so many different genres and with different people.”

People Different Enjoy Television Genre Different Peoples Different Genres

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“Relationships are super complicated and always have dark and light in them. And all good sexual relationships do, too.”

Dark Complicated

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“My two daughters live on Facebook and social media is their mode of communication.”

Two Mother Social Media Communication Daughter Social Media Two Daughters

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“Nothings wrong with honest emotion.”

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“My parents kept us sheltered from this world of Hollywood. I don't have any great memories of bouncing on Cary Grant's knee or something like that”

World Parent Memories This World Hollywood Knees Grants Great Memories

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“I want to keep doing different things. I'd like to do a more personal, dramatic movie next, I think. But as long as it's about characters and good writing and good parts for actors, that's what's important”

Thinking Want Writing Long Important Different Character Next Actors Dramatic Different Things What's Important Good Writing

Author:Tony Goldwyn

“If you're playing with the best, you just rise up to that level”

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“I don't want to do an action movie, because I've acted in them, and they're so boring to do, because they're so technical. The headache of that is daunting. But, if it were an action movie with really interesting characters, how great would that be?”

Ifs Want Character Action Interesting Boring Really Interesting Headache Action Movie Interesting Characters So Boring

Author:Tony Goldwyn

“I grew up in Hollywood. Saying my name here is like mentioning Ford in Detroit”

Names Grew Grew Up Hollywood Detroit

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“The more decisions you make, the better, statistically, your odds of success are. And what I also learned was, it doesn't matter: anything can be fixed. When you're directing, you can agonize, but you can't indulge. Stuff has to happen”

Matter Happens Stuff Decision Fixed Odds Indulge Decisions You Make

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“My sex scenes with @kerrywashington are f****** hot!”

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“Life is a very emotional experience.”

Life Is Emotional

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“Once you go Kerry Washington, you can’t go back”

Author:Tony Goldwyn

“We want to live in the black and white, but we don't. The world is gray. And, I'm always fascinated by people who are clearly, 'This is black and this is white, and that's the way life is.' Life always has something to say about that.”

People World Way Want Life Is Black White Gray Fascinated Black And White

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“I feel audiences are not given enough credit for their intelligence.”

Feels Enough Given Audience Credit

Author:Tony Goldwyn

“I've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.”

Way Long Political Long Time Fascinating Junkie

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About the Author

Born: May 20, 1960
Known for: Actor
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