When I go to see theater, I'm consumed with professional jealousy.

It's nice to be able to sit down and have a discussion about something for more than four minutes, and not look at your watch and go, 'Oh my God, I just spent $40,000 of HBO's money.'

You have to run, an awful lot, on instinct. Even on 'Veep,' it's not like you get weeks of rehearsal to break out what's going on in the scenes.

Those regrets that I do have are, exclusively, not doing plays that I wish I had done.

Julia is one of the most loyal people who ever lived. Her best friend is her best friend from third grade, and her other best friends are her best friends from Northwestern. Once you're a pal, you're a pal for life with Jules. I'm not just flattering her because she's my wife.

The truth of the matter is that it's not much less work to do a short than it is to do a feature. Particularly when you're running around different countries.