.SamRichardson spoke with roxana_hadadi about the relentless optimism of his VEEP role, “a little dot that just kind of slowly grows and then encapsulates the whole world”
When Veep premiered on HBO in April 2012, it was a self-congratulatory time for the intersection between American politics and pop culture. President Barack Obama was three years into his first term, with a focus on improving the economy and enjoying bipartisan support for creating more jobs. Aaron Sorkin, whose The West Wing inspired a generation of wonks, was channeling his self-serious best with his new series The Newsroom.
I feel two ways about it. First, I’m incredibly honored, and I will forever be grateful. I think about that show constantly, and it really allowed me to have a career. I loved playing the character of Richard so much. Sometimes, though, I do try to push away from it a little bit so that I’m not playing shades of Richard but that Richard is a character who I played.
So then you get cast as Richard — you’re getting bumped up. When did you personally feel like, Oh, I’m part of the fabric of this show? Was there ever that moment? For Veep, I learned pretty quickly to not memorize scripts because you would get there on the day and scripts would change in a heartbeat. If you were locked in to what was on the page three days ago, you’re gonna have a hard time when that monologue gets changed 75 percent. Things need to move so quick. We’re shooting for that [half-hour] show — typically you shoot 22 pages for a script that’s 22 minutes long, or 30 pages for a 30-minute script. Our scripts were, like, 55 pages.
My favorite, that is quoted a lot in our home, is that you’re trying to get the handle on your dad’s email. Well, I just knew him so well, and there was a very specific pattern that I found for Richard pretty early on. On the first day of filming on Veep, I was talking to Julia in the trailer, and she was like, “You know, you talk really fast.” And I was like, “Oh, sorry.” She’s like, “No, use that.” So then I was figuring out what the patter of this is and sort of the idea of someone who’s speaking faster than they’re thinking, but they also can think very well, but there’s no filter.
I’m going to ask about some scenes where I was hoping you could give a little context, like your first reactions or how you think about them now. First, how did you feel about the dog mayor of Lurlene, Iowa? Did you meet Mayor Biscuit? And, of course, I’m sure you’ve been asked a million times about the sperm-donor masturbation scene [from season six, episode five], but just how does it live on in your memory now?
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