I was a little nervous coming in mostly because my first scene was with Martin Sheen, who I'm a huge fan of.

There is no handbook about how a career is going to go.

In Washington, there are jobs that have official titles: chief of staff, campaign manager, director of communications. Then there are all these vague and murky headings over people who are just special consultants or advisers. We really don't know what their gig is.

Office Space' I loved doing.

The best part of my career was being able to play with a lot of guys from different countries, different places, different races. That was the best part about it.

The reality of a long-term career is that there are ups and downs.

When someone asks about a career in fashion, I say start at the bottom. If you want to start a business, you have to know it from the ground up.

Microsoft is a much bigger company than Qualcomm - a much bigger company - and there were a few days where I thought, 'I don't know if I can do this. It's huge.' My job was to come into the company and grow new businesses, and I thought, 'I'm not sure,' but it's all worked out pretty well.