Richard Schiff is a really good baseball player. It's surprising because he looks exhausted.

When you act, you're always playing a version of yourself. You can't bring more to the role than what you are

You need to be real enough to be believable, but you don't necessarily have to be real enough to be real. There is a distinction.

I identify with this guy's frustration and inability to control his fury at moments. I even identify with the way that this guy covers up a lot with humour. So yeah, it's interesting.

I am an old, old friend of Aaron Sorkin's, who is the executive producer and writer. He had been talking about doing a political show for a long time and I had been interested in it for a long time. The moment I became available, he called me last year and asked me if I wanted to do it and then I just had to audition for the powers that be, and I got it.

People always say, "Could it have been a show about a conservative Republican administration?" No! Nobody wants to watch that! Watching Republicans flirt makes people queasy!

Infuse your life with action.