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

#character #come #episodes #hell #me

Clint Eastwood is aging beautifully. But someone like Burt Reynolds and others are practically destroying their faces in the amount of work they have. ↗

— William Devane

#amount #beautifully #burt #burt reynolds #clint

David was the kind of guy who was totally supportive of the actors and instructed the writing staff to trust the actor's instincts, since after all, it's the actors playing the character. ↗

— William Devane

#after #character #david #guy #instincts

Donna Mills came on the show as a female antagonist, about a year before, so now they wanted to have a male antagonist. I was cast as a Senator to shake things up. ↗

— William Devane

#antagonist #before #came #cast #donna

Even though shows like NYPD Blue are soaps in my opinion, but they're individualized to an extent that you can still follow what's going on if you miss a week. ↗

— William Devane

#even #extent #follow #going #in my opinion

I knew with The West Wing that that wasn't going to be for very long, that I was just the red herring. ↗

— William Devane

#herring #i #just #knew #long

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

#i #learn #like #me #only

I would fix other people's lines if they asked me on occasion. The hard part of writing is the architecture of it, getting the story and structuring it. Not the tweaking of lines. ↗

— William Devane

#asked #fix #getting #hard #i

I'm trying to find a character that's my age and I can sustain week after week. I'd like to do a series. ↗

— William Devane

#age #character #find #i #i can

A show like Knots or any other show that can be called a soap opera does terribly in syndication because if you're a viewer and you miss a week you don't know what's going on. ↗

— William Devane

#because #called #does #going #knots