Gregory Itzin

Gregory: The degree to which well-dressed, seemingly sensible human beings carry on about 24 continues to astonish me. [The cast] had an after-hours tour of the Supreme Court. It turns out Clarence Thomas is a huge fan. Then, at the White House, Karl Rove showed us aroung the Oval Office and called me Mr. President. That was quite a moment for a dyed-in-the-wool liberal like myself.

Gregory Itzin: First of all when you're playing the President, you don't give a damn about other things! So there's a certain good baggage that goes along with the bad baggage. What do I play next though, the Pope, God?

Gregory Itzin (working on 24): If you're doing a phone scene – and there are so many phone scenes on 24 – you get called in and you sit on the set while they're talking to you on the phone. And that's very rare.

Gregory Itzin (on his rather 'quick' love scene on the fifth season of 24): I had a helicopter to catch! But no, it was slightly embarrassing, but I can handle it, I'm an actor.

Gregory Itzin (on his reaction to the change of his character, Charles Logan on the fifth season of 24): At first I was very, What? What? No! Wait! Stop! but ultimately I trusted them, because they have a hit show and they know what they're doing. And interestingly enough, once he did this, he became more popular, people liked him more. And I think, simply, it's because he finally became decisive and people like their villains to be clear-cut or something like that.

Gregory Itzin (on his role in 24): When I talk to fans, I get that they love to hate the President, and that's fine. I think the challenge in this role is to be very good in making him very bad, and perhaps out of that, something good will come.

Gregory Itzin (on his role as President Charles Logan in 24): I tried to do that because at the beginning, I had high hopes that I would be a President to admire.