The most satisfying thing in my life and my career is to work with my children.

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

I act because I can't seem to live with myself if I do not. I don't know any other way to be. It isn't something you can explain; it is just something that you do; it is something that you are.

Those years on the golf course as a caddie, boy, those people were something. They were vulgar, some were alcoholics, racist, they were very difficult people to deal with. A lot of them didn't have a sense of humor.

I love The West Wing for many reasons. The show has been a fantasy. But we have offered a parallel universe to reality.

I think most actors rarely get the opportunity to play something really close to you and speaks to something you deeply believe.

I am still a journeyman actor and a peace and justice activist. I'm a pilgrim trying to win my freedom and serve as best I can in the time I have, with this gift I've been given.