I think there are a lot more writers who are actors than you know; they just don't have roles on famous TV shows that you recognize.

To have a show have lawyers fighting civil rights cases week in and week out, I think it's exactly what we need.

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

I wouldn't say I'm a political junkie. I follow it. I read a few articles every day.

People that work at the White House, they stay forever and love the job. Someone asked me, "Was there really a butler that was there for 40 years?" I said, "No, they're all there for 40 years."

I have absolutely no musical talent of my own!

I think there's a lot of shame in American race relations. There's a lot of suppressed guilt that lashes itself out still. I see that all the time, and whereas opposed to sort of trying to address the issue in an up-front way, they're attacking and thus perpetuating the problem thinking that they're being sophisticated and post-racial, when, in fact, they're being completely regressive.