[If he weren't so eager to differentiate between the two shows, Lurie could have easily called his new series The East Wing .] What The West Wing does extremely well is show how bills are made and how the White House works with the Congress. They're a very political show, ... We're going to deal a lot with the family: how you get the kids to school; this sounds petty but how do you take little kids trick-or-treating; a lot of what takes place in the residence. While [Davis' character] is the president of the United States, she's also a mother. I don't think that would disappear even if a woman became the president. |
[Lurie said that I was naive to think that Margaret Thatcher and Indira Gandhi and Golda Meir meant that people would be comfortable with a woman leading the free world.] Do you think she would be taken seriously by Arab countries? ... When Bush's voice cracked after 9/11, that was seen as a man showing his emotions. If a woman did that, it would be seen as weakness, as breaking under the pressure. |
But at least it's being adopted by a Rockefeller. |
church. |
Hail to the Chief. |
Hillary Clinton is going to have a very tough fight. However, if she should get the nomination, we're all taking the credit. |
His problem was unusual, ... He didn't want to play a Republican for six years. He didn't think he had the internal fortitude to play somebody who goes against everything he personally stands for. |
I couldn't think of another way to get her into power where basically her own Cabinet is against her, the whole world is crashing down on her. And I also feel that as an Independent, it would be naive and fairytale-ish to assume right now that an Independent would come to power at the head of a ticket. |
I guarantee that you're going to see some failings, which means some winnings for Donald Sutherland's character, ... Although, she is going to be a damn good president and one that we can be proud of. |
I personally don't believe he's the devil incarnate. I think he's a rather delicious character, and you're going to see him be right on several occasions. He's a guy who's worthy of being, in the eyes of America, the president of the United States. |
I promise that if there was no Hillary Clinton, there would still be a `Commander in Chief' - I want to have a hit show that people enjoy, and really, that's it, |
I thought it would be more interesting ... to get her into power where basically her own Cabinet is against her. The whole world is crashing down on her. |
I understand their decision, ... The screenplays and production were lagging behind. They have an asset that needs to be protected. |
I want her to have that opportunity. I want all women to have that opportunity. We've knocked out of contention 50 percent of the chance for greatness in our leadership. |
I'm trying to show how much the odds are stacked against her. You want to know something interesting? Most polls show that's the case. . . . I don't know how true it is that the No. 1 issue for women in the United States is security, and that women have polled as being more in favor of a man being in charge of the nation's security than a woman. |