The problem we have right now in Washington is we don't have the face of a leader.

I think there's great stuff on television. I'm hooked on all these shows. I love watching these shows.

I was also a congressman. I had decided to run for office and had become a congressman with Queen Latifah.

If you have tapped into something that is real for you, chances are you are going to tap into something that is real for someone else.

My fear is that the Tea Party gets a charismatic leader. Because all they're selling is fear and anger. And that's all Hitler sold. 'I'm angry and I'm frightened, and you should hate that guy over there.' And that's what they're doing.

Harry [Shearer] and I had an idea to do a movie about rock 'n' roll from the roadies' perspective, from backstage. Then Meat Loaf came out with a movie called Roadie and we thought, "Oh, we can't do that now." So we kind of discarded the idea.

For me, if I had all the money in the world, and I could finance my own films, I would do whatever.