If it turns out that President Barack Obama can make a deal with the most intransigent, hard-line, unreasonable, totalitarian mullahs in the world but not with Republicans? Maybe he's not the problem.

The press is our immune system. If it overreacts to everything, we eventually get sicker.

Parenthood is an amazing opportunity to be able to ruin someone from scratch.

High school. You know, people say, 'I'll never do so-and-so again' - then they do it. So what? Sometimes somebody has crack, and you're looking to stay awake.

I reject the idea there are just two sides. I think that with the amount of ideas and thoughts there are, it's not even going to be consistent with the same person. People can hold liberal and conservative dogma points at the same time. They're not living their lives via platforms. They're living their lives. The whole thing is an awfully tired construct.

I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything.

I can be in 20 movies. But I'll never be an actor.