When Ben Carson said that he would remove all federal funding for universities that had 'extreme political bias.' Who would decide what political bias was, and what is 'extreme'? That kind of policing of ideas has a striking resemblance to the black list, and that's what happened during that era.

John Wayne was just a very conservative guy, who had not served in World War II, and he was defensive about that - he almost overcompensated his anti-Communism because of that reason.

But I couldn't cut that whole septic tank scene out because the audience liked it so much. So I sort of fell right back into getting a cheap laugh, but I still loved it.

I just always look for stuff that has a character-driven thing.

I always had a respect and an admiration for people who got into politics. I certainly have always been interested in law and political science.

I think we'll all keep pushing each other, which is a great thing.

I'm a patriot, and I think democracy is the best system available. It's very flawed, but it works better than anything else.