As a rule, the Government appoints its friends.

Character is destiny

If you do what you've always done you'll get what you've always gotten.

God help the man who won't marry until he finds a perfect woman and God help him still more if he finds her.

It is completely unimportant. That is why it is so interesting.

No matter how stark the reality, a human being fits it into a narrative that is palatable.

In the end, drama is successful if you care about the people.

At what point must a female senator raise her hand or her voice to be recognized over her male colleagues?

I grew up performing and singing. And acting, the idea of it just sort of fell into my lap. And I was a little hesitant at first, but I was like, okay, I’ll try it.

As an actor, all you want to do is to work and do good work.

Obama was gonna get everything he wanted in the first year because, if anybody opposed it, they were gonna be accused of being a racist, or bigot, or who knows what.