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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.