In Washington, if you're a congressman or a senator or the President, you make much more money than the average American, but you'd think that if you were the leader of the free world you'd be making major bank, and you don't.

When you're creating new roles out of scratch in my opinion working with the actors is a great asset. You can learn a lot from that.

I refuse to buy a PS3 or Xbox for my home for fear that it might ruin my life. I think I would cease to accomplish anything productive, would quickly dispense with all human contact, and would very well end up with a nasty case of arthritis in my over-used digits from constant gameplay.

The fact that slavery is written into the Constitution is about as entrenched a form of classism as you could possibly imagine.

If you work hard and play by the rules, you'll have a better life than your parents did, and your children will have a better life than you did.

You just have to re-wire your brain when you’re shifting from the stage to the screen, or the silver screen or the HD flat screen.

We all experience power struggles in our lives - at the workplace, with our friends, in our love lives. In a way, we're all politicians.