Martin Sheen is my pinup! And Allison Janney, oh my God. They're brilliant actors.

I've just finished reading a book about the brilliant Margaret Rutherford. She wasn't a beauty, but inside she was absolutely blazing and passionate about her work. She's one of those life-affirming characters.

In Martin Sheen, you have a president who is a regular guy, who can sit down with you and have a drink, ... I think the show will carry some of the influence of 'The West Wing,' or try to rebut it — insisting the female can make it.

In Martin Sheen, you have a president who is a regular guy, who can sit down with you and have a drink. I think the show will carry some of the influence of 'The West Wing,' or try to rebut it — insisting the female can make it.

As an actor you get categorized by other people, but it's not like I arrange myself into comedy mode or serious mode. If it's good writing you just have to play it true - if it's funny, it's funny. But obviously you don't want it to be amusing if you're playing Hedda Gabler!

Martin Sheen was extraordinary. He's a very gifted man.