I just did something on a show on UPN called "Girlfriends" that will be on television in February. I am actually a much better actor today than I was in 1996, believe it or not.
It did not prepare me for writing or "Power of Attorney." However, what it did is that it forced me out of the DA's office. I stopped getting that county check.
I'm real bent on dialogue. I'm just a little bit crazy and when you put that along with 20 years as a criminal lawyer, it's pretty easy to come up with some interesting plots.
Writing is hard work, but a lot of fun, too. It allows me to live out some of my fantasies.
Something's going to happen that's going to make us all pay attention at the type of sentences some people are serving and the conditions in which they are served.
It's much like writing a screenplay with someone else and that's how we view it, I think.
It's too late for that - trying to second guess it. It's over. I'm worried about how to get the kids through school and still write and practice law and take power of attorney.
That's the thing about us lawyers - if at all possible, we will consume each other.
The law has no compassion. And justice is administered without compassion.
That's an interesting question. I would say that in general Americans know very little about the law. It's one of those things that most of us take for granted.
The events of the day inspired me to become a lawyer.