After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley.

I actually have a number of lovely watches from the International Watch Company.

I've been around politics a long time. I've seen it at its best and its worst, been at so many events, listened to private conversations versus public speaking, understood the game of it, and in many ways the theatrics.

I think you need the failures to get the success. You learn more from that.

You've got to trust the ground you're standing on and the work you've done in telling your story. The goal should be to bring those thousands of people - viewers - together and make them one. When you feel that happening, it's usually in silence, not applause or laughter.

As the years have gone on, I find one of the dangers of watching dailies... is you fall in love with moments.

After graduation, I was floundering in L.A., doing stand-up comedy and working in a shoe store in the Valley.