“I had never been part of a better ensemble.  To watch Allison Janney receive her lines for the first time, sitting in the makeup chair, then grab a coffee, walk onto the set, and deliver a vintage C.J. Cregg press briefing was a thing of beauty all actors should have a chance to witness.  To watch the late John Spencer say, “Thank you, Mr. President,” was to see a man lay down a complex subtext of meaning and emotion far exceeding four simple words…My new cast mates were also pound for pound the most well-read and intelligent group of actors I’ve ever known.”

- Rob Lowe, Stories I Only Tell My Friends