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

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.

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.

Film is much more visual, a scene is typically a lot shorter, you’re dealing with a lot more characters, a lot more locations and you’re able to rely on things that you just can never do on the stage.

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.

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

When you have both parties who will not find ways to compromise, who won't meet in the middle, you have paralysis. It's the perversion of idealism.