The journey that we go on as actors is an interesting one and sometimes a revealing one..

I think what we have seen in terms of gay teenagers committing suicide because of bullying is anguishing. I think young people, if they are feeling l….

It's so easy for us to misperceive and see the things in others that we want to see. And, when we're wrong, and often we're dead wrong, we miss the t….

You've got to trust the ground you're standing on and the work you've done in telling your story. The goal should be to bring those thousands of peop….

Look, I might have lived in England for the last several years but I'm still an American citizen and I have not given up my right to privacy..

But I feel that I have a responsibility to help the film and I have relations with the studio and with those who put up the money so that I can tell ….

If someone can watch an entire season of a TV series in one day, doesnt that show an incredible attention span?.

Audiences grew to like this duality of feeling, where youre both championing a character and youre revolted by them..

People have really long attention spans, and they love complicated plots. TV series are giving the audience what they want..

If you look back through history in the United States, there have been very few landslide elections. Half the country always voted for someone else..

I love producing, I love bringing things together..

I guess Ive been training in the theater for as long as I can remember..

I'm not out there trying to get press for myself nor am I trying to convince anybody that I'm living any kind of a life. I'm actually trying to convi….

Meeting the person you are going to be playing is very unique..

Politics and acting are very closely tied. The job is to convince..

Being an actor sometimes requires that you ask yourself questions youd rather not know the answers to..

I cotton to the idea that people are much closer to being flawed; they have problems and dont always make the right choices..

I just want it to be better, I just want to be better, but this is very encouraging..

It's the kind of democratization of the Internet that has led to the breaking down of barriers into the creative arts..

In recent years we've seen an explosion of creative programming, and I think it represents a third golden age of television because the creators have….

Whether its Veep or Homeland or The West Wing - which is a more idealised version of democracy - people are fascinated by politics..