Audiences grew to like this duality of feeling, where youre both championing a character and youre revolted by them.

There are ways in which you can make sure that even if people come to the theatre because they know an actor or actress, by the end, theyve forgotten that, and they leave going, Wow - what an amazing play.

You have to always be ready, always be alive, and always be willing to move in a new direction.

I've been intrigued by politics my whole life. And, yes, I am very close to the Clintons. I was a Hillary person until I was an Obama person. And she was a Hillary person, too, until she was an Obama one, evidently.

Whatever mistakes you make this time around, you will live through on your next pass. Every mistake you make, you will live through again and again, forever. So my advice to you is to get it right this time around. Because this time is all you have.

Gaming is going into storytelling. It was a new audience.

Politics and acting are very closely tied. The job is to convince.