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

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

I was at the vice president's Christmas party. I thought that his speech was spectacular, and I knew that it was a very emotional and difficult thing for him to do, but I admonished him for not waiting just one more stinking day.

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.

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

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.

Only two things ever stop the government from doing anything: money and politics