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.

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 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.

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

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.

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

I don't even know if people are familiar with my name as an actor. It's not as if I ever was an über-famous actor.