I think that there is no doubt that every experience you have in your life, whether it's playing a character or something else, you bring that to the work.

I'm supposed to convince you, for two hours, that I'm somebody else. Now if you know everything about my life, if you think you've got me figured out and you think you know all my dark secrets, how am I ever going to convince you that I'm somebody else?

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

Why not sit around a Beverly Hills pool collecting residual cheques? That is not the kind of life I want.

Look, at the end of the day people have to respect people's differences. I am different than some people would like me to be.

Theres nothing like standing in a place and wanting nothing so much as to change but simply not being able to.

I think that acting is a very humanizing profession.