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

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

Little Christian Bale. It was one of my favorite movies as a kid, and I re-watched it not too long ago, and my jaw just hit the floor. The whole time I was like, "Who wrote this? This is unbelievable." And then the credits came up at the end and it was Tom Stoppard, my favorite playwright. It's just an amazing piece of writing.

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.

I studied voice for about two years with an amazing coach, and I never rose above the level of mediocre.

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.

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