The biggest compliment? I would say, "You helped me." I think in terms of life, not just with acting. But certainly with storytelling, being able to ….

As an actor playing a character, I can't come in with my judgement, or else I can't play it honestly. My judgement has to be reserved for later..

The media plays an essential role in our culture. It is the Fourth Estate; it's an undeniably essential instrument in the great American experiment -….

I am very interested in asking questions, and I am very interested in being involved in shows that ask people to think and feel..

You're going to run into a great deal of opinions. I think that's just fertile ground for us. What else would you want to write a show about than som….

Even if you go out there and try to make the most vanilla, non-offensive TV show possible, people are going to criticize you for doing that. It's jus….

I'm grew up a huge fan of The Three Stooges and Monty Python, so somebody getting slapped in the face with a fish, or falling out of a chair, or runn….

The way I try to explain it the best is that if Critic A from publication A hates our show, and Critic B from publication B loves our show, what are ….

I'm so super interested in what it is to stir things up and to listen to people..

Journalism and the questions of journalistic ethics, and why certain stories are put on the air, when, how and for what reasons, are big questions in….

I think the media's primarily an interesting backdrop - a fertile backdrop, in which we can discuss a great deal involving the human condition. We're….

I have so much more compassion for journalists and the work that they have to do, in order to do the jobs that they have to do. I am much more in awe….

Criticism is something that you have to take, regardless of what you do..

I don't speak a lot when I get home, during the season. It's great. I just get to sit and listen. My wife gets to tell me whatever she wants to tell ….

Having the audience know more than the characters is precisely where you want to be in terms of drama. You can engage them much more when that is the….

I have always been politically active and vaguely dissatisfied with the state of news, but I wasn't sure why..

For me, storytelling is all about how we learn about each other. I'm so curious about people, what makes them tick, why they are who they are, and ho….