Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina

Now everybody's got a video camera, so go make videos with your friends or see if you can get a part in a film school thing that's being done.

Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina

I sure do enjoy my ice cream. And I consider a pint a good start.

Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina

I'm proud of my work, and I try my best.

Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina

I knew I wanted to be an actor, and my mother said, 'Call Aaron Sorkin.' It seemed dubious that I'd make it as an actor by calling Jews I knew, but it worked.

Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina

As far as exercise, I play a lot of lacrosse and rugby, and I'm an avid distance swimmer. Nope, none of that is true. I do walk a lot, though.

Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina

I like the concept of escalating warfare, but you need someone to fight back in order for things to escalate. If there's no confrontation or argument going on, it's too dull for me. I think that's the nature of the prankster: Things are too quiet. What can I do?

Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina

Coming up in the School of Aaron Sorkin Delivery of Fast-Paced Dialogue and Hyper-Articulateness prepared me well for Shondaland, where there are many of the same factors at play.

Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina

A lot of people stop me to say nice things about 'The West Wing,' nice things about 'Sports Night' - so many people that I'm like, 'Where were you when it was on?'

Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina

I grew up and I was weaned on the Marx Brothers. They were sort of my all-time favorite. My parents showed me their movies when I was very young. And as I got older, I became a Charlie Chaplin fan, and I love Buster Keaton.

Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina

'Scandal,' I sort of experienced the ascent and the transition from a modest start to a full-blown hit.

Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina

I have a very thick skin altogether - surprisingly, many actors are rather fragile, but I get that of the 10 million people watching an episode, probably 3 million hate me, and I'm comfortable with that.

Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina

I like to put shaving cream in the door handle of people's cars and that kind of thing.

Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina

When I came on 'The West Wing,' I jumped onto something that was already a steaming locomotive of a hit. It was very exciting for me because I knew, the moment I got the 'West Wing' job, 'Well, hey, so now I'm on a hit show because it already is established and very popular.'

Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina

Aaron Sorkin has been incredibly good to me; I don't know that I would have an acting career without him. Thanks to him, people think I'm smart and nice, but I'm neither.

Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina

My dad is a very good sounding board. He's very, very smart. Both of my parents are very, very sharp, much smarter than I, I'm happy to acknowledge.

Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina

Jon Favreau hates me.

Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina

It's very easy to divide a long shoot day into 15 or 20 rounds of 'What do I eat next?'

Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina

I actually have, in all seriousness, in the back of my mind someday to write a book, the title of which would be 'Quit Now and Other Practical Advice for the Aspiring Actor.'

Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina

I'm incapable of truly relaxing. I remember when I was younger and less wise or experienced, actors that I knew would always talk about jobs ending and wondering whether they were ever going to work again. Now that's my life.

Joshua Malina
Joshua Malina

I keep kosher, so I have an element of consumption awareness embedded into my daily life. One of the things the practice does is make one more mindful of - and grateful for - what goes into your body.