You don't want to become one of those Hollywood idiots who is just blathering about anything.

Early on in my career I got a part in Revenge Of The Nerds II: Nerds In Paradise. If I hadn't done that I wouldn't have met Tim Busfield and if I had….

Richard Schiff is a really good baseball player. It's surprising because he looks exhausted..

Only two things ever stop the government from doing anything: money and politics.

Help us show children around the world that we can make a difference together..

I used to defend the West Wing show from the charge of sentimentality or wish-fulfilment, because I think if you do go into the Barack Obama White Ho….

I grew up in a family where the internalized understanding was that the kids were going to grow up into a better world. I worry, because I don't thin….

Take action. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life. Action is the antidote to apathy and ….

Having an affair with an intern is just an incredibly stupid thing to do..

I heard an Israeli speaking on Palestinian human rights issues, an interesting guy, and he said 'There's no military solution to terrorism. If there ….

The issue for my character, and the issue of the show is, how dirty do your feet have to get without suffocating yourself in the mud in order to get ….

Being an actor, you always feel like you're swimming upstream. People are going, "No, they don't like you. They don't like the way you look. They don….

My joke about Aaron Sorkin is that The West Wing was a great show about democracy, run by Kim Jong-Il!.

Infuse your life with action..

This election ain't no stinkin' TV show..

In the right situation, acting on television can be extraordinarily satisfying creatively. But that's incredibly rare. Otherwise, it can be like work….

I have to think that I think it's always been a horse race between this administration's temporary political acumen and their completely, utterly, to….

I can't believe George Bush might be president..

I am an old, old friend of Aaron Sorkin's, who is the executive producer and writer. He had been talking about doing a political show for a long time….

When you act, you're always playing a version of yourself. You can't bring more to the role than what you are.

John Wells let me write a couple of West Wings, which was an incredible gift. I loved it once I got past the brain injury part of it, and so I'm work….