Kal Penn — American Actor born on April 23, 1977,

Kal Penn is an American actor, producer, and civil servant... (wikipedia)

What I love about L.A. and Washington, D.C. is that they're almost the opposite of each other. L.A. is a very creative space while D.C. is a very cerebral space. So, they're the ying and the yang in my world. I like them both for their own reasons.
Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
I'm also politically independent so I'm not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress.
The water cooler conversation in every job I've had is sports, it's what did you do this weekend, it's 'How are your parents doing?'
The point of serving your country is not to do your own thing or to go rogue, but to work as part of the process.