When I was young, I learned very early on that I could make my mother laugh. And that was one of the greatest sounds I ever heard.

Theatre is alive and it is now, and then it's gone.

I always thought that, in a way, you want your Superman to be a total unknown.

One can never take the cynicism one comes across in life too seriously.

I just want it to be better, I just want to be better, but this is very encouraging.

Whether its Veep or Homeland or The West Wing - which is a more idealised version of democracy - people are fascinated by politics.

People have different reasons for the way they live their lives. You cannot put everyone's reasons in the same box.