The media plays an essential role in our culture. It is the Fourth Estate; it's an undeniably essential instrument in the great American experiment - in keeping our democracy functional. People have very strong opinions about what that means and how information should be disseminated to a population that requires information.
Thomas SadoskiI think the media's primarily an interesting backdrop - a fertile backdrop, in which we can discuss a great deal involving the human condition. We're not trying to lecture the media on how it should be doing its job or lecture people on who they should be voting for, but it does provide an incredible backdrop on which we can paint a lot of pictures and open up a lot of discussions.
Thomas SadoskiAs an actor playing a character, I can't come in with my judgement, or else I can't play it honestly. My judgement has to be reserved for later.
Thomas SadoskiEven if you go out there and try to make the most vanilla, non-offensive TV show possible, people are going to criticize you for doing that. It's just part of the game. You can't let it get to you.
Thomas SadoskiHaving the audience know more than the characters is precisely where you want to be in terms of drama. You can engage them much more when that is the case.
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