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Public scandals are America's favorite parlor sport. Learning about the flaws and misdeeds of the rich and famous seems to satisfy our egalitarian yearnings.

Character is destiny, and politicians usually get the scandals they deserve, with a sense of inevitability about them.

You know, I really miss sex scandals. They're generally colorful. They almost never mean anything over the long run. And while they're going on, the people who actually keep the government running are let alone to go about their business. Good old sex scandals.

Watching 'Scandal' is a fun and exciting guilty pleasure, which is how I imagine most real scandals start out.

You talk about scandals and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everyone to look at.

People love scandal; people love drama. They love stripping away the layers to see what's really in there, and they'll do anything - as well as make it up - to get it.

English people have seen me get through scandals.

I try to look at people like Adele and Norah Jones, who are very successful but don't have to deal with scandals.

Audiences have become so much more sophisticated, and they're looking for different eyes and different ways to tell a story. And 'Scandal' certainly gives us the freedom to take those chances.

On 'Scandal,' they've proven that they're not scared of shocking the audience.