and my mom just goes what happened to the other 13 points? >> dana: you made up for it in the rest of your career. you went from -- you went into act being but tell us how you ended up working for president obama. i love the story how you applied for the job. >> thank you. it is an absurd story and one of the reasons i wanted to write the book a lot of people out there have multiple interests and passions. maybe you want to do the thing that everybody tells you is crazy and you want to figure out how to do it. i'm an actor. we don't apply for jobs in the most traditional sense. i was inspired by the obama campaign in 2007. i decided to volunteer the same way a lot of people volunteer for the candidate of their choice. there was an opportunity to apply for a job at the white house and i got a link. you apply on change.gov. upload your resume and if you are qualified someone will call