during theok at sam attack because he is so good and so funny. tavis: all the critics loved jeff daniels and how you plan for the character. how did this happen for you? >> i have been -- chasing television. tavis: you have been chasing television? >> the indie films, i was tired of working hard on movies that no one would see. i need to be in things people see. also this whole cable network thing, hbo and others, that is where the writers seem to be. you look at the shows like "breaking bad" and "homeland," that is where the riders are. i want to be around writing. i said, that is where i want to go. all the sudden last year ago, for rape. we got wind of this aaron sorkin cable news thing. he was busy winning the oscar for a social -- "the social network." you look at it, i tell my agent now. said, let's do television. get me aaron sorkin, hbo because of the creative freedom. i need to star in it. get me that. tavis: what an agent. >> a good agent. tavis: when you say that one of the things you like on hbo is creative freedom, tell me more about

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