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.

Usually if a scene's really hard to write, I just don't write it. Nothing's coming to mind.

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 still recognized for television. Buffy is 70 percent, Gilmore Girls is 30 percent, and then Mad Men. If it's a mother/daughter, it's definitely Gilmore Girls. They usually say, "We always watch it together, and we feel like we're the Gilmore girls." I've heard that like, 5,000 times.

I don't think there is anything more bitter in American politics than a close election.

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?

I've found that sitting around and obsessing about projects moving forward, when there's actually nothing I can do about it, at a certain point, is really counter-productive.