Our actions are the ground we walk on.

Arthur Miller said one of my favorite lines ever, that he had the mother say to her two sons about a very unstable father in Death of a Salesman. She said, "Attention must be paid." It's one of the most resonant lines that I think he ever wrote, and I think attention must be paid to the truth.

I got married because I wanted to do something that was more than I understood, because my feelings were more than I understood.

I moved to New York to go to Julliard Drama School. Didn't sing a single note of music.

I can't believe this, I'm arguing with a woman!

Making Homeland series is not improvisational comedy theater, but it is improvisation. We might get a call that morning, while we're doing something, and the change goes in that is something that just happened an hour ago, in the world.

One of the greatest gifts that 'Homeland' has given me is it's affirming on a daily basis.