Brothers & Sisters

Here are some of my favorite quotes from the interview segments interspersed throughout the retrospective episode “Family Album.” Did I miss some that you loved? Share them in the comments.

“They have Kennedy-esque moments and they also have the Keystone Kops moments.” — Matthew Rhys

“Secrets have a very big effect on people because then you have to renegotiate in your mind the truth.” — Sally Field

“I have a feeling there are other secrets to be discovered and we haven’t learned it all yet. Uh oh.” — Sally Field

“Your feeling about the cast takes the place of your preparation.” — Sally Field

“I feel like I was playing minor league baseball and all of a sudden i got called up to the Yankees.” — Dave Annable

“Who decides what functions and what doesn’t function? I mean, the dynamics in a family are the dynamics in a family.” — Ron Rifkin

“He’s this emotional mess looking for love and for a partner and struggling with committing to it.” — Matthew Rhys, on Kevin

“That one scene, I had to try my best not to start laughing.” Dave Annable, on the family therapy fight in “Family Day”

“It seems that maybe it’s about the war, or it’s about money, or it’s about something topical or immediate, and what you discover by the end of the episode is it’s really not about that, it’s about the relationships.” — Ken Olin

“Without forgiveness, ultimately life doesn’t work, and I think people who choose to make life work learn that they must forgive, or else there is nothing.” — Ron Rifkin

“One of the challenges early on was to find a love interest for Calista that you feel, this is a really good fit, they belong together.” — Ken Olin

“There’s this guy, Rob Lowe, who doesn’t suck. I call him “The Godfather.” I mean, he’s fantastic, and I have to be honest, one of the most handsome dudes I’ve ever seen in my life. The first time I met him I was like, ‘Your eyes are so blue! Don’t stare at me so long.’” — Dave Annable

“I have just loved exploring what it means for two adults to find each other in a world where she’s got family issues, where I’ve got my presidential ambitions. There’s a lot that pulls at us and we have to fight to be together.” — Rob Lowe

“It’s kind of a fantasy of what, this dashing man and he’s a senator and he’s put together and rich and all of the above, so it’s hugely romantic. I don’t know how realistic it is, but it’s romantic.” — Calista Flockhart

“There’s nothing like being teased by the people you love to make you feel loved.” — Rachel Griffiths

“Sometimes Sally has to smack us into shape.” — Balthazar Getty

“We really become the Walkers, and those days are exhausting and really really fun.” — Sally Field, of the family dinner scenes

“The Walkers like to drink.” — Balthazar Getty

“What is wrong with that family? They drink too much wine!” — Patricia Wettig

“At least we don’t smoke.” — Rachel Griffiths

“We sort of meet her in a very distressed state, and that sort of leads to some really bad behavior that I as Emily am not too proud of.” — Emily VanCamp, on Rebecca

“The show isn’t afraid to go for a confrontation between characters and really let them hear each other out.” — Patricia Wettig

“I think probably the real wish fulfillment in the show for audiences is that sense that wow, to be completely known, and to be all forgiven.” — Ken Olin

“To have a family that sticks with you through thick and through thin, and who will argue with you when you need to be argued with and who will applaud you when you need to be applauded, that is a real blessing.” — Sally Field

“As much as they tease one another, their essence is one of being very romantic and deeply sincere about their feelings for each other.” — Ken Olin, on Kitty and Robert

“You’ve invested for a entire season in this boy, and his relationship with his sister and his mother, and then we’re confronted with that reality that he’s going off to a very very dangerous place, and if you don’t balance that with something just absurd and silly, then you’re not really able to explore the whole spectrum of human behavior, and the show becomes really self-serious.” — Ken Olin

“My hopes for the Walker family this season are to see the continue their enormous resilience in the face of adversity, and there will be some adversity coming their way in the next few episodes.” — Mark Perry

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