As an actor you always feel like you're swimming upstream..

With the success of a show, you get an opportunity to call attention to things that you believe in..

We all go through life bristling at our external limitations, but the most difficult chains to break are inside us..

People always say, "Could it have been a show about a conservative Republican administration?" No! Nobody wants to watch that! Watching Republicans f….

You don't want your credibility banana to turn brown, but you do want to speak out about what you believe in..

You need to be real enough to be believable, but you don't necessarily have to be real enough to be real. There is a distinction..

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope..

Anybody who can dial a telephone can master tennis scoring in about 15 minutes..

Whatever you do, make sure you want to write more than you want to be a writer. Make sure you want to act more than you want to be an actor. That is ….

At the end of your days, you will be judged by your gallop, not by your stumble..

Take action. Every story you've ever connected with, every leader you've ever admired, every puny little thing that you've ever accomplished is the r….

We're telling a story. And the demands of that are different from the demands of a documentary. The audience must believe in order to keep faith in t….

One of the most surreal moments in this election was after the third debate, when I heard a talking head say, Al Gore won on substance, on the issues….

Aaron is a very passionate, maniacal writer so the scripts really come from him, but he is very open to... y'know, we'll plan ideas and we'll certain….

Cal Ripken is steady, he focuses on his job, and he's a good guy..

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever….

I want to see Bob Dylan do sketch comedy. I'm a huge Bob Dylan fan..

I was at the vice president's Christmas party. I thought that his speech was spectacular, and I knew that it was a very emotional and difficult thing….

I did not always agree, personally, on the positions that Bartlet, character from the West Wing, took and I argued against them on many occasions. Bu….

The invisible carnage of the unf-ed wives and the children not being read to is just wafting out..

I identify with this guy's frustration and inability to control his fury at moments. I even identify with the way that this guy covers up a lot with ….