Sometimes you get home and you’re tired and you want to watch someone else making an ass out of themselves. There’s turn your mind off and turn your mind on. I feel there are two different kinds of TV. I’m not proud of it, but I’m willing to admit it. “Although one, to be perfectly honest, I’d have to admit to be a part of. “Yes, it is a very disturbing trend,” Malina laughs. The whole thing has just been a delight for me, from the very beginning.”
I’m not worried about pleasing all the people all the time.
I knew there were going to be some people who would never accept me, or these hardcore Rob Lowe fans or Sam Seaborn fans. I never felt any pressure to be a replacement for Rob. It was just pure joy from the moment that Aaron sort of tossed it out there. Which is a rarity in any actor’s career, certainly in mine. To be cast onto what for my money was the best show on TV, and also a promise of work for a few years. I was a big, big fan of The West Wing as a viewer from the first season, when I was still on Sports Night. Literally, not a twinge of discomfort or nervousness about it. “Maybe it’s a weird combination of confidence and obliviousness. “People ask me that frequently, so I guess something about it must seem daunting,” Malina says.