Access to justice is a fundamental part of a properly functioning democracy.

Without legal aid, and the dedicated lawyers who deliver it, our system of justice would quite simply collapse.

I am a firm believer in open justice, and an opponent of closed justice in any normal circumstances. But I am also an opponent of legal purism, and have no time for institutionalised mythmaking - whether from the authoritarian right or the liberal left.

It would be immoral to walk away from the consequences of our actions, leaving behind anarchy and civil war in Iraq.

I'm planning to have a career based on my acting skills rather than the size of my chest.

We're not Seattle East. We're our own Atlanta, and there are definitely things I learned from Coach Carroll. He had probably the single biggest influence on my coaching career.

So a failed movie is not going to ruin my career.

I have been inundated with offers to move into a career in television or film, and these, too, are tempting.