I Grew Up Studying Music. I Went

That's What David Caruso Said To Me. We Were Talking About The Whole Emmy Thing, And He Said That One Of The Things About Awards In This Town Is That A Lot Is About The Drama - Like The Drama Of The Performance. And He Said "your Show, The Wire, Looks So Real, It Almost Looks Like A Documentary. And People Who Aren't Artists - A Lot Of People Who Vote For This Stuff - Don't Get It."

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!

I Did An Off-broadway Show That Was A Comedy Written By Ann Meara. We Were Like A Family, And We Did That Show For A Year. On Oz, I Did Feel Like The Cast Members Were Friends And There Was A Lot Of Bonding. That Said, There Was A Lot Of Testosterone. Once Again, It Was Full Of Really Intense Theater Actors With This Writing That Was Really Intricate And Subtle.

Growing Up, I Never Imagined I Would Be An Actor.

It's Funny, 90 Percent Of What I've Done Has Been Television, And I Never Really Wanted To Do It That Much. I Was Really Interested In Film And Theater. What's Ironic Is That When I Started Doing Television, I Did A Bunch Of Amazing Shows All In A Row, Starting With The Corner.