In the case of Game Change, the discussion in that film was how our politicians have become so much like celebrities - personality becomes more important than substance so that they can function in a 24-hour news cycle. So the question is, how do you feel about that? Is this what you want from a politician - somebody who's wildly charismatic, but has so little knowledge of substantive issues?

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!

Certainly, for me, and it's gone this way on every project I've worked on, the "writing" never ends until you're done with the movie.

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 think I've had my fill of electoral law.

I find that when people get a script, they know within five pages if the writer can write. Once you're five pages in, it doesn't matter whose name is on the cover, you're not even thinking about it.