Having an affair with an intern is just an incredibly stupid thing to do.

You don't want your credibility banana to turn brown, but you do want to speak out about what you believe in.

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.

We all go through life bristling at our external limitations, but the most difficult chains to break are inside us.

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!

John Wells let me write a couple of West Wings, which was an incredible gift. I loved it once I got past the brain injury part of it, and so I'm working on a couple of things that are far from fruition, but what I want to pursue

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