There was a time when people liked to take Shakespeare and twist him around to make whatever social or political statement they wanted to make.

a political statement directed against Syria.

It's not what my job is about. I'm not out to make a political statement. I want to stand for something, but more by example.

We didn't make a lot of political statements. The political statement was just the fact that we existed for eight years and we existed early. We're just going to make it easier for other shows to have gay characters without having to put a spotlight on them as gay characters.

And realising that humour is the most powerful way to make a political statement and say the things that you want to say. And it's not used enough, at least not in the U.S.

We're all living blinkered lives, and we're not seeing what's going on and looking to change it. I'm not saying that everyone has to make a political statement, but we need to be more aware of what's happening and why.