A lot of times when people are on campaigns, it can be like a movie set.

There are but a handful of times in the history of our country when there occurs a transformation so remarkable that a molt seems to take place, and an altered country begins to emerge.

I think that's what is possible, that somehow her protest and her vigil will make more people empathize with the casualties than have previously done so.

That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of the moment.

I think after Sandy Hook, when Obama went out, and he talked a lot about gun control and met with the parents, there was a sense that something was going to happen. But then, I guess, the power of special interests was greater than public sentiment.

Being an actor on a movie set is like going to the playground at recess.