Theres no way that I could be the president. You cant have a pacifist in the White House... Im an actor. This is what I do for a living.

I personally am opposed to abortion, but I will not judge anybody else's right in that regard because I am not a woman and I could never face the actual reality of it.

One of my favorite episodes in West Wing was the homeless man that died and they found, in the overcoat he was wearing, a card of the speechwriter, Toby. He had given that coat to the Goodwill and this guy had ended up wearing it, died in it and Toby went to his funeral. He turned out to be a Korean war veteran. It was our first Christmas episode and that was a true story - a member of the staff had done exactly that. So many of these stories were far better than any fiction.

I love my country enough to suffer its wrath.

My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI.

Aaron Sorkin very sticky about using precise language. It's in his contract: you have to use what he writes!

I just think that the only way we come to ourselves is through each other.