I meet so many people. I want to be genuine and open with everyone, because when I was young and just starting out, I remember I was around people who were successful, and I thought that some were kind of cool or off-putting to their fans. It always really bothered me. So I think I may sometimes go too far out of my way.

I'll be a role model on my terms, but don't make a role model on your terms.

[ Hosting Saturday Night Live ] paved the way for Parks And Rec and The Grinder, the Comedy Central Roast, and that whole side of my career.

People should be allowed to do whatever they want in the privacy of their own home or their own hotel room.

The universe works in mysterious ways and for me it worked out perfectly. With all respect to everybody else, Aaron Sorkin is and was The West Wing, full stop. There's no West Wing without him.

I think that in today's world the right to privacy and freedom of the press are set on a collision course.

I'm not going to stop talking to people who come up to me in an airport. I'm not going to worry about what may be their ulterior motive.