I'm An Artist At Heart.

I Can Only Speak As An American, But Most Journalism Here Isn't Doing Its Job Any More. It's About Selling Stuff.

From The Time I Became An Actor My Whole Approach Was To Try To Do As Many Different Things As Possible. It Never Occurred To Me That I Might Be Typecast.

Sometimes You Have To Say, "no. This Is My Space." If You're Going To Come At Me, Come At Me Respectfully, And I Will Respond Respectfully.

The African American Community Is So Under-served In The Entertainment Industry.

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.