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.

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.

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

The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.

I don't think that Washington is a fundamentally bad or corrupt place.

At home I mostly stick to online Scrabble, or chess or Risk - games I find far less addictive than the spectacular games created for consoles these days. But, whenever I get the chance I head over to my friend Kyri’s house to play his PS3.

It's a rough and tumble game whenever power is involved - people's ambitions, their desires, their competitive spirit will often push them to play outside the rules. It's dramatic, it's interesting, and I think it's something we can all identify with to a degree.