Capital punishment? It makes no sense as a policy: It's not a deterrent, and economically it's a disaster. It's very clear that there are innocent people on death row. And if I put an innocent person to death, that's murder.

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

I feel audiences are not given enough credit for their intelligence.

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

Whether it's movies or television that I've directed, or characters that I've played, I'm just always fascinated by the moral ambiguity inherent in life.

My sex scenes with @kerrywashington are f****** hot!

I think the problem with polemics is that it's general and it's lazy. When you say, "This is bad," that's a general thing. We're more interested in asking the question.