THE LAST WORD BRADLEY WHITFORD
LAST TIME I WAS RECOGNISED
People are incredibly nice. The only time I’ve said no, my Chihuahua got her paw stuck in the elevator, and this guy goes, “Dude, Billy Madison! Will you take a picture?” And I was like, “No!” I was about to burst into tears.
LAST TIME I CURSED
Oh, f--k. I have kids [Frances, 20, George, 18, and Mary Louisa, 15] and my heart sinks when they sort of casually swear. I coach them—don’t cheapen the currency, make your profanity count!
LAST SUNSET
Two nights ago with the kids, picking up some Chinese food. I slapped the phones out of their hands and said, “Join me in the present.” And then they went back to Snapchat. Why live it when you can record it?
LAST TIME MY PET MADE ME LAUGH
I have a great, murderous cat, Elton, and I’ll hear him going, “Meowrrrrrr.” We have lizards and their tails will come off to distract predators, so the cat will be looking at the tail on one side of him and then back at the doomed lizard, like, “I know this trick.” He’s tough.
LAST THING I TOOK FROM A SET
I won’t say how, on the advice of my attorney, but I do have boxes of [ West Wing] dailies. I would love to leak out some of Josh Malina’s most horrible takes because there’s a lot. I don’t know why I didn’t take the Josh Lyman sign off the door. For the gravestone, at least!
The actor, 58, appears in ‘The Post’ (in cinemas now).