It's Funny, 90 Percent Of What I've

I Started To Realize, A Lot Of Times If You Go Into Your Memory, Your Sense Memory, You Know More Than You Think You Do, From Having Watched And Listened.

I Was Coming From A Theater Background. I Had An Obsession With Classic Film And Cool, Interesting, Intelligent Television. I Didn't Really Understand The Way The Mainstream Television Industry Worked. I Just Thought "the Wire Is So Good That It's Going To Be A Huge Hit, And We'll Get Awards Up The Yin-yang Forever." That's What I Thought!

What's Interesting Is, Most Of The People Who Are Fans Of The The Wire Who Black People Or Cops... Most Of The People In The Industry Are The Crew: Writers, Actors And Directors. And So They Understand What It Is That We Do, So They Think, "wow, What A Incredible Group Of Amazing Actors." It's Funny, I Think There Are A Couple Of Reasons Why We Have Never Gotten Any Nomination For Anything Except For Writing.

I Feel Like My Public Life Isn't Necessarily My Own. I'm Starting To Get Used To How To Maneuver And Operate In New York In A Way That I Don't Get Stopped All The Time. I Just Pretty Much Say "thank You." But One Of The Things Is To Try To Keep Moving. Not To Stop Too Long, Because People Try To Get Into A Conversation With You All The Time. The Hardest Thing Is On The Subway, Or When People Try To Chase You Down.

In Drama School, My Greatest Strength Was My Range. So My Early Career Was Like That: I Played All Kinds Of Different Characters.