It was great to essentially have two protagonists where you're sympathies could go back and forth between the two of them, throughout the season.

I've been a political junkie for a long time. I find the way Washington works is just fascinating to me.

I don't want to do an action movie, because I've acted in them, and they're so boring to do, because they're so technical. The headache of that is daunting. But, if it were an action movie with really interesting characters, how great would that be?

I really enjoy directing television because you get to work in so many different genres and with different people.

In television, the creator is really the voice...

I'm always perversely attracted to characters that seem one thing, but are ultimately revealed as another...

Once you go Kerry Washington, you can’t go back