What can I say: I got started on the whole wife-and-kids thing at a young age.

Well, I have a farm in Vermont that's my main residence, where I do lots of digging and mowing, and ride tractors - just so you don't get the wrong idea that I'm too girlie!

I have this burgeoning reputation for playing a scumbag.

You cannot go wrong with Bugs Bunny. He's the coolest cartoon character ever. I quote him all the time.

What can I say: I got started on the whole wife-and-kids thing at a young age.

Thank God for acupuncture. It's been around for 2000 years. It's not going anyplace and people use it all of the time for a variety of cures and to avoid illnesses.

What attracted me to it, beyond it being really intelligent, was that it was sadly something that would be unique on television. Anchoring this political show is this vital, dynamic, complex, thriving marriage. These people are passionately and fiercely committed to making it work out.