I was alone a lot as a kid, because my parents were divorced.

I was a volleyball player as a kid. I played volleyball all the time.

I had written four scripts before I wrote Recount. Each one progressed my career a little bit, but I didn't make a dime off any of them. Recount was the first thing I sold, and I actually sold it as a pitch to HBO. They bought it as a pitch, which was a miracle. I thought, "Wow, this could be the last time I'll be paid to write a script again, which would be too bad because that was an amazing experience I just had."

I don't even know if people are familiar with my name as an actor. It's not as if I ever was an über-famous actor.

It seems to me that our presidential elections have turned more into a popularity contest than a real analysis about who really should be President of the United States.

I was alone a lot as a kid, because my parents were divorced.

I don't see myself directing things I don't write because, to me, directing was just an extension of the writing process.