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

Im not revolted by Washington.

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?

The audience, the place youre in, has everything to do with how your performance goes.

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

The audience has spoken. They want stories. They’re dying for them. They’re rooting for us to give the right thing. And they will talk about it, binge on it, carry it with them on the bus and to the hairdresser, force it on their friends, tweet, blog, Facebook, make fan pages, silly GIFs, and god knows what else about it..

I remember meeting the likes of Johnny Carson and Jimmy Stewart for the first time and being completely starstruck.