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What I've certainly learned is that whenever I've said anything about real politics, I've come under attack. So it's best simply to play politics on television.

Politics demands certain skills honed by experience, just as journalism does, just as acting does.

I enjoy politics, but if I had a third career - and I've had multiple careers - my third act would be acting.

I don't consider myself specifically political, you know? I think of working as an actor as being a human thing. The concerns I have that fall into politics are human concerns.

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you.

I don't know much about politics, and I don't want to know. That's why I rarely involve myself in politics.

I never got into politics for it to be a career. It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.

Politicians are actors, too, don't you think? Usually, if you like people and you're outgoing, not a shy little thing, you can do pretty well in politics.

I don't have to be in politics.

Well, politics is much more severe than entertainment. You have to hit those points, in politics, word for word. You have to remember the date. You have to remember the website. You have to rehearse stories that might be asked, have anecdotes ready for questions that might come up.