I read an interview with Aaron Sorkin and he said he plays every part when he's writing. I thought, "Oh, I do that too! I'm doing okay."

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

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.

Idealism loses to pragmatism when it comes to winning elections.

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.

I have absolutely no musical talent of my own!

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.