I spent so many years of my life as a stage actor and when you do all these plays, a lot of really great plays are very politically driven. They deal with deep social issues, and that's the kind of stuff that I love, as an audience member.

In movies that tackle these political issues, there are far more interesting themes to be explored than partisan politics, which is what we get on cable news every second of every day.

Screenwriting is definitely the majority of my time, but I do still act when stuff comes up. I do a few jobs a year.People ask me that all the time about written something for yourself to star in, and it's strange. I just approach it as two separate careers.

I took a lot of writing courses.

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

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

I really want my career to be as an actor-writer-director-producer, you know? I don't know what will be stronger than the other.