John Spencer (1946–2005)

Born: December 20, 1946 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: December 16, 2005 (age 58) in Los Angeles, California, USA

They [his parents] wanted me to be educated — a doctor or a lawyer. They weren’t happy that I chose the arts. They wanted me to have a good life. It’s ironic that I made the leap in a different way.

[Upon winning an Emmy for his role in The West Wing] I’ve never wanted to do anything but act. It saved my life, it’s the reason I get up in the morning, it’s my opiate. The prize for me was always getting the next gig so I could do this wonderful thing that I love. So this, my friends, is deliciously redundant.

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