With the success of a show, you get an opportunity to call attention to things that you believe in.

My joke about Aaron Sorkin is that The West Wing was a great show about democracy, run by Kim Jong-Il!

Take action. Every story you've ever connected with, every leader you've ever admired, every puny little thing that you've ever accomplished is the result of taking action. You have a choice. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life.

At the end of your days, you will be judged by your gallop, not by your stumble.

As an actor you always feel like you're swimming upstream.

I have to think that I think it's always been a horse race between this administration's temporary political acumen and their completely, utterly, totally bankrupt policies. And they're coming home to roost. It was always a question of time. These guys aren't conservative. These guys are radicals.

You don't want to become one of those Hollywood idiots who is just blathering about anything