You do in your art what you cannot do in your life.

Like they said about The West Wing, you can't do a show about Washington until you can.

You do in your art what you cannot do in your life.

The fun thing about TV is you get the opportunity to discover things, and somebody who starts off in a smaller part can really emerge and surprise you.

I'd started working when I was 21 and had been very determined about my career, very focused, even as a little kid, so it was something I had been working at for a long time.

It is my goal to learn as much about the people I'm surrounded by. I am slowly widening who I am close with, and at the same time, growing further away from others.

We have some of the most passionate, vocal fans in the history of television.