Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections.

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

I studied voice for about two years with an amazing coach, and I never rose above the level of mediocre.

The auditioning process is one in which the actor gets very little information about almost every element of it.

I think I've had my fill of electoral law.

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.

Even from a really young age I was a huge movie buff - five, six, seven, eight. Just loved movies, but in a more in-depth way than most kids that loved movies at that time. I'd find a filmmaker or something and want to see all his movies.