But I also feel like there's enough people that think he's the second coming of Jesus Christ, you know? His self probably included. But I didn't want to do that, because I feel like… I'm trying to be as respectful as I can, and I appreciate his talent. “It's like Christmas every week.” I could just have just lied and said that. … I feel like I really let you down with my Aaron answer, because you’re obviously a huge fan and… That's not anybody taking themselves seriously … I find it very self-conscious if you want to know the truth. But when you're performing it, at least on a television show where it's a weekly thing, I found that tricky. I feel like you always notice the writer's in the room, and I acknowledge that there's a brilliance in that. When you're doing a steady diet of it I think it feels a little self-conscious to me, honestly. It's fun to watch them have the wordplay. It works in The West Wing to extraordinary degree. What you're saying is you feel like the actors are always having fun, and yes, I guess they are. I think that's where Aaron's stuff even sings more, when there’s a Fincher or a Warren Beatty or a Rob Reiner. I personally think when it works best is when it's in a film and there's a director who's checking it a little bit. I mean, again, I think his stuff works incredibly well.
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My thing with Aaron Sorkin is even when the show or the movie is not working for me, I always feel like the actors are having so much fun with the dialogue.
To be frank with you, other writers that I've worked with, I'm much more excited about opening up their scripts. Everybody's human and some are better than others. But I don't know if it's like… I wouldn't look at every one and open it up like it was Christmas. No one would dispute that he has an incredible gift for writing. Yes, doing, there were certain scripts that were absolutely mind-blowing. Well, I mean, that's going to sound wrong. Next question: What is it like to get a fresh Aaron Sorkin television script? Is it Christmas morning, the way that I imagine it to be?