Television goes into people's homes, and it reaches them on a very personal level. When you're sitting in your home after a day's work, and you've chosen to watch a show like 'ER,' you're very vulnerable. ... It's a very provocative and engaging and deeply thoughtful show.

During the run up to the Iraq War, Mike Farrell and I did get on television kind of frequently, but then they saw that that didn't work. They really couldn't bait us into being stupid, so they stopped. You know the mainstream media, corporate media, avoids ever giving anyone who has anything to say a platform, if they can possibly help it.

I was sitting at home watching five hours of television every afternoon.

The average video viewing session is about 10 minutes. You can't really map television viewing at home to the cell phone. People consume small portions in a mobile environment.

I started in theatre. I was at Cleveland and I went to London for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.

What is magnificent about humans is when they decide to turn and stand. If they respond with non-violence on principle and hold their ground, they are really magnificent.