William Devane Quotes

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

William Devane

I'm an Irish-American, and I grew up in an Irish-American neighborhood

William Devane

I don't play polo anymore because I am too old. But we still have a half a dozen horses - a couple of young horses we are teaching how to play polo and older horses that are real trustworthy when you get them up in the mountains

William Devane

What I would have liked to do on that show was play a secretary of state who has huge personal business interests throughout the world. That, to me, seems to be more in synch with reality

William Devane

There's a certain possessiveness of writers sometimes

William Devane

The West Wing seems to be feeding the myth about how presidential politics are

William Devane

The business is built on slowing or even stopping the aging process

William Devane

Networks don't want a show with a continuing story. There's no backend potential

William Devane

It would have been nice for Greg to eventually grow into a mature relationship with Laura. He was moving toward that already but then took a turn into the juvenile with Paige

William Devane

It worked well because Don Murray didn't want to be on Knots anymore

William Devane

I like working fast, but I got to the age where the real difference between television and the movies is, I'm not smart enough to be in the movies. It's a very political world. In all modesty, I can say that I'm a much better actor, but that doesn't matter

William Devane

I live out in the desert, in farm country. I'm around a lot of farmers, guys with packing houses, that sort of thing. Half the time, these guys are in their pajamas or in their slippers. It's their place

William Devane

Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest

William Devane

The same issue is happening on a show like Everybody Loves Raymond now, which is in its eighth year and struggling to come up with good stories. It'll be interesting to see how they do. The bottom line is, it starts with the writers and ends with the writers

William Devane

I try to watch only real things, which basically amounts to C-Span for me. I like real people in real situations. I learn from that

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

William Devane