I took a lot of writing courses..

I read an interview with Aaron Sorkin and he said he plays every part when he's writing. I thought, "Oh, I do that too! I'm doing okay.".

I was a volleyball player as a kid. I played volleyball all the time..

I was alone a lot as a kid, because my parents were divorced..

I studied voice for about two years with an amazing coach, and I never rose above the level of mediocre..

I've found that sitting around and obsessing about projects moving forward, when there's actually nothing I can do about it, at a certain point, is r….

Even from a really young age I was a huge movie buff - five, six, seven, eight. Just loved movies, but in a more in-depth way than most kids that lov….

Usually if a scene's really hard to write, I just don't write it. Nothing's coming to mind..

My goal isn't so much genre, or fact-based or not fact-based. I just want to work on projects that I think could be great..

I still recognized for television. Buffy is 70 percent, Gilmore Girls is 30 percent, and then Mad Men. If it's a mother/daughter, it's definitely Gil….

Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections..

I wouldn't say I'm a political junkie. I follow it. I read a few articles every day..

I spent so many years of my life as a stage actor and when you do all these plays, a lot of really great plays are very politically driven. They deal….

Little Christian Bale. It was one of my favorite movies as a kid, and I re-watched it not too long ago, and my jaw just hit the floor. The whole time….

The auditioning process is one in which the actor gets very little information about almost every element of it..

I love the idea of a movie hero in a thriller who is able to get ahead by just his brilliance, and not with a gun or by being an action hero..

I think I've had my fill of electoral law..

I don't think there is anything more bitter in American politics than a close election..

I really want my career to be as an actor-writer-director-producer, you know? I don't know what will be stronger than the other..

I don't use my writing career as a vehicle to get me acting work or to write roles for myself..

It seems to me that our presidential elections have turned more into a popularity contest than a real analysis about who really should be President o….