3 Quotes & Sayings By Beau Willimon

Beau Willimon is the creator and executive producer of HBO's critically acclaimed series, "The Newsroom" and "House of Cards". He is the author of the 2006 Tony Award-winning play, Farragut North, about a young man who becomes an unlikely leader of the Democratic Party. The play was based on Beau's experiences in Washington during the Clinton administration. Beau Willimon also co-wrote the screenplay for "The Ides of March," starring George Clooney Read more

Beau has worked on over thirty films, including "Rent," "Gone Baby Gone," "The Talented Mr. Ripley," and "American Splendor." His play Farragut North received its world premiere at New York's Public Theater in 2006. Beau Willimon was nominated for a 2009 Emmy Award for his writing on The Newsroom.

He was honored with a 2009 Peabody Award for his work on House of Cards.

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Like any young person who gets into a political campaign, I joined out of a highfalutin' desire to change the world. But you start to see the sort of tactics people use. You start to see politics not only in the macro but in the micro of the campaign itself. Some people get turned off by this side of it. Other people are drawn to it. Beau Willimon
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A lot of people have asked me whether I am a cynic or take a cynical view of politics and are often surprised when I say that I consider myself an optimist, but an optimist dressed in the robes of a realist. Beau Willimon