In fact, I am so happy to be turning 40 and finally having a reason to take responsibility for my own behavior. It\'s also worked for me in terms of my physical appearance and emotional make-up and people entrusting me to bring the things a role deserves. I don\'t know whether that\'s depth or being a curmudgeon or what.

It just seems to me that from the Republican perspective, there\'s so much focus on how bad the other side is, as opposed to their running on their own trajectory within the issues.

When the AIDS epidemic first started there were people who said, \"Well, if there weren\'t gays, then we wouldn\'t have this problem. It\'s got to be because of them - let it be them instead of us.\" But when you educate yourself about it, you can\'t help but realize that we\'re all affected by it. I think that things like that just become too daunting for people.

That\'s what\'s great about Howard Zinn. Here\'s a guy who says, \"Look, democracy doesn\'t come from above - it comes from below.\" The only way change will ever happen is if we speak up, and we have to know that it actually has an impact. Because we have a lot more power than we think we do, I think.