00:00Do you even agree with that reputation that, like, your dialogue is, like, hard for actors?
00:05No, I hope not.
00:07I think that...
00:09Like, did that get blown out of proportion?
00:11Other than there being some speeches where it's hard to know where to breathe in there,
00:17I like to think that it's all fun to play.
00:22I'm hyper-aware when I'm writing that I don't write things that are meant to be read.
00:26I write things that are meant to be performed.
00:27So it's important to me that all the dialogue I'm writing be sayable, you know, that it be actable.
00:35I play all the roles out loud while I'm writing.
00:38I'm very physical when I'm doing it.
00:40I'm up and down from the desk.
00:41I'm talking out loud.
00:43I remember when I was writing The West Wing, I got a package from the president of NBC.
00:48I opened it up, and it was a headset meant to be paired to my car phone with a note
00:54that said,
00:54I was next to you in a red light today.
00:56You look like a madman.
00:58Please wear this anytime you're driving alone.
