I don't use my writing career as a vehicle to get me acting work or to write roles for myself.

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.

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.

Everything I've written up to now, hasn't had anything to do with my life really.

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

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?