Its interesting to play a politician who gets stuff done.

I love producing, I love bringing things together.

If someone can watch an entire season of a TV series in one day, doesnt that show an incredible attention span?

I couldnt imagine something asking as much of me as House Of Cards. Its a great warm-up for coming back to the screen.

Cable TV has become where the best actors, writers and directors have gone to work because they are allowed to do character-driven stories.

I have talked to more people who are in politics who have said to me, "[House of Cards] is closer than you can imagine. It's the most accurate description of how politics actually works that we've ever seen." I mean, West Wing - beautiful, wonderful idea of how democracy should work. But I've had more people in politics say they think House of Cards is closer. I - don't know whether to take that as a compliment or a sad state of affairs.

I find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes me mysterious. There was a time when I would have been called a gentleman.