You Don't See A Lot Of Black

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

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.

I Started Acting, Almost On A Whim To Help My Music Career.

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 Mean, You Know Actors, We Always Want To Do Something Else, Something Different.