>>
>> YOU
>> YOU ARE STILL PLANNING TO FIRE ME IN SIX MONTHS?
>> I FIRE BECAUSE I LOVE.
>> INSIDE WASHINGTON COMING TO
LIFE. 4@
LIFE. 4@
LIFE. 4@ ERICH BERGEN4@ STARS IN MADDEN
SECRETARY.
SECRETARY. BUT THIS WEEK, HE IS OFF THE
SET AND HERE IN WASHINGTON TO
FIGHT FOR A CAUSE CLOSE TO HIS
HEART.
HEART.
HEART. HE
HEART. HE IS HERE WITH US4@.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
CONGRATULATIONS ON A SUCCESSFUL
FOURTH SEASON OF THE 4@SHOW.
I DON'T WANT TO G4@IVE THINGS
AWAY.
AWAY.
AWAY. IT
AWAY. IT DOES AND ON A PRETTY BIG
CLIFFHANGER.
CLIFFHANGER. GOING INTO THE NEXT SEASON OF 4@
THE SHOW, HOW MUCH TIME DO HAVE
OFF BEFORE YOU GET BACK TO
THAT?
THAT?
THAT? >>
THAT? >> WE WILL START FILMING AGAIN
IN 4@MID JULY. 4@
WE FINISHED FILMING THE SEAS4@O
BACK IN APRIL, AND IT WILL
START TO AIR AGAIN IN THE FALL.
WE GET BACK TO 4@WORK PRETTY
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY. WE ARE ALL ANXIOUS TO KNOW.
NONE OF THE ACTORS 4@NO -- KNOW
WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT SEASON.
I AM JUST AS ANXIOUS TO KNOW.
>> THERE IS SOME TERRIFIC
WRITING WITH THE SHOW.
YOU 4@HAVE TO CARRY A POLITICAL
DRAMA WITH THIS KIND OF WAY.
I WONDER FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE
AND HOW THAT PLAYS OUT, THE
WRITERS HAVE TO CREATE THIS
UTOPIAN UNIVERSE WHERE THE
CHARACTERS ARE TRULY THE BEST
OF WHO THEY CAN BE IN 4@THEIR
ROLE.
ROLE.
ROLE. I
ROLE. I WONDER, AS YOU LOOK4@ AT THAT
WHAT SORT OF CHARACTERISTICS DO
THEY RIGHT TO DEFINE THE ACTORS
IN THEIR ROLES?
>> THE THINK ABOUT MADDEN
SECRETARY IS, WE ARE SHRINE TO
SHOW HUMAN DECENCY IN A WORLD
THAT OFTEN GETS, AT LEAST IN
REAL LIFE, WHATEVER SIDE OF THE
POLITICAL SPECTRUM, IT CAN GET
VERY NASTY AND, I THINK WE ALL
TEND TO LOSE SIGHT OF WHY WE
ARE SO INTERESTED IN AMERICAN
POLITICS, WHICH IS, WE ARE ALL
AFTER THE SAME THING, WE ALL
HAVE THE SAME VALUES, MOSTLY. 4@
YOU KNOW FIRSTHAND WATCHING THE
NEWS HOW BIZARRE IT 4@HAS GOTTE
I THINK WHAT MADDEN SECRETARY
SHOWS IS, WHAT YOU SAID, YOU
ARE SHOWING THE BEST4@ OF PEOPL
>> BENEVOLENCE.
>> BENEVOLENCE. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. A HUMAN SIDE TO ALL THESE
PEOPLE WHO WORK 4@IN GOVERNMENT
I THINK OUR SHOW REALLY
HIGHLIGHTS HUMAN DECENCY, AND
MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE REALLY CAN
GET TO 4@AND ACHIEVE THE GOALS
ALL HAVE.
ALL HAVE.
ALL HAVE. >> HIGHLIGHTING YOU AS A 4@4@
PROFESSIONAL ACTOR IS SOMETHING
THAT CAME SECOND FOR YOU. 4@
YOUR FIRST AND FOREMOST 4@AN
ARTIST AND MUSICIAN, A SINGER
AND SONGWRITER.
AND SONGWRITER. >>4@ 4@I 4@WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO
GREAT MUSIC EDUCATION AND ARTS
PROGRAMS IN NEW YORK CITY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHERE I 4@GREW U
I STARTED PLAYING THE VIOLIN AT
AGE 4. IT REALLY CHANGED MY
LIFE.
LIFE.
LIFE. I
LIFE. I WAS ABOUT AS WEIRD AS YOU CAN
BE AS A CHILD.
I WAS REALLY AN OUTCAST,
ESPECIALLY BEING AN ONLY CHILD.
MUSIC REALLY HELPED ME FIGURE
OUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO IN
LIFE. 4@
LIFE. 4@
LIFE. 4@ IT MAY BE FIGURE OUT WHO I AM
AND WHAT I LOVE.
AND IT LED TO A CAREER IN 4@THE
ARTS.
ARTS.
ARTS. BUT
ARTS. BUT WHAT I AM HERE IN D.C. FOR
THIS WEEK IS TRYING TO PROVE TO
CONGRESS IN 4@4@THE WORLD -- AN
THE WORLD HOW MUCH ARTS AND
MUSIC EDUCATION IS, NOT JUST
4@FOR THOSE WHO GO INTO A CAREE
IN THE ARTS, BUT TESTING SHOWS
EARLY EDUCATION IN MUSIC AND
THE ARTS LEADS TO BETTER MATH
AND SCIENCE AND LATER ON DOWN
THE LINE 4@LEADS TO FIGHTING
4@
THE LINE 4@LEADS TO FIGHTING AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S.
AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S. IT IS CRAZY WHAT ARTS EDUCATION
REALLY DOES FROM AN EARLY AGE.4
>> WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?
HOW DO YOU GET INTO ADVOCATING
ABOUT THAT?
ABOUT THAT? ESPECIALLY NOW.
ESPECIALLY NOW. ONE OF THE SAD COMMENTARIES IN
AMERICA RIGHT NOW IS THE ONLY
NATIONAL CONVERSATION WE ARE
HAVING ABOUT EDUCATION IS
WHETHER WE SHOULD ARM TEACHERS.
WHAT ABOUT MENTAL 4@HEALTH, HOW
4@
WHAT ABOUT MENTAL 4@HEALTH, HOW TO MAKE SCHOOLS SAFE.
WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT
EDUCATING CHILDREN.
EDUCATING CHILDREN. 4@>> WHAT IF WE ARM TEACHERS WI
ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO EDUCATE
CHILDREN, THAT SEEMS TO ME A
BETTER IDEA THEN ARMING
TEACHERS WITH GUNS.
ANOTHER WAY TO EDUCATE KIDS IN
WAYS WE HAVE NOT THOUGHT 4@OF
BEFORE, I DID NOT UNDERSTAND
BASIC MATH UNTIL I SAT AT A
PIANO.
PIANO.
PIANO. I
PIANO. I KNOW THAT SEEMS LIKE THE ONE
1 MILLION THING, BUT IT IS NOT.
THERE ARE MANY KIDS WHO WERE
SIMILAR TO ME.
AND A LOT OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS
HAVE GREAT ARTS EDUCATION. 4@
IT IS THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, KIDS
WHO NEED IT THE MOST. WE ARE
HERE THIS WEEK WITH THE
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF MUSIC
MERCHANTS AND VH1 SAVE THE
MUSIC TO GO TO CONGRESS TO
THANK THEM FOR THE FUNDING THEY
HAVE PROVIDED SO FAR, BECAUSE
THEY HAVE DONE SOME GREAT WORK,
BUT IT TAKES MONEY.
AND WE ARE ASKING FOR THE REST
OF THAT MONEY TO FUND THE EVERY
STUDENT SUCCEEDS ACT, WHIC4@H I
REALLY IMPORTANT.
REALLY IMPORTANT. IT IS TH4@E UPDATE TO THE NO
CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, MUSIC
EDUCATION IS ACTUALLY LISTED ON
ITS OWN AS A REAL FORM OF
EDUCATION.
EDUCATION. THIS 4@IS A REALLY BIG
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT
4@ARTS FUNDING DOES NOT FALL BY
THE WAYSIDE.
THE WAYSIDE. >> TO YOUR ., A GREAT WAY OF
CONNECTING STUDENTS.
CONNECTING STUDENTS. YOU PERFORMED RECENTLY AT
4@PARKDALE -- PARKLAND IN FLORI
FOR THE DAY OF HOPE AND HEALING.
THAT SPURRED A LOT OF
CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. >> THOSE KIDS ARE INCREDIBLE.
WHETHER YOU AGREE WITH THEM OR
NOT, THE FACT THAT THEY ARE
GOING OUT THERE TO DO WITH THE
DO IS INCREDIBLE.
I SAW HOW MUCH MUSIC HEELS.
A LOT OF THOSE KIDS ARE MUSIC
STUDENTS.
STUDENTS.
STUDENTS. THESE ARE KIDS WHO KNOW HOW TO
FIGHT FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN
BECAUSE THEY KNOW 4@HOW TO
COMMUNICATE WITH 4@EACH OTHER.
THANKS TO THE 4@ARTS EDUCATION
THEY HAVE.
THEY HAVE. >> ERICH BERGEN, AN INCR4@EDIBL
PERFORMER.
PERFORMER. YOU CAN SEE HIM TOMORROW AT THE
NATIONAL PRESS CLUB WHERE HE
WILL TALK ABOUT THE SHOW MADDEN
SECRETARY AND PERFORMING,
SINGING AND PLAYING