You Either Get Better, Or You Don't

Nothing Will Ever Top 'the Wire.' It Was Historical. It Was Black Cinema.

If You're Going To Come At Me, Come At Me Respectfully, And I Will Respond Respectfully.

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.

Notes Are Tricky In An Audition, Because I Find, More Often Than Not, My Instinct Is Right. If They Have A Preconceived Notion About The Role And It Goes Against My Instinct, Unless It Makes Sense To Me, It Often Throws Off What I'm Trying To Do. Though Sometimes They Have An Insight That I Don't Because They've Been Living With The Script. I Don't Have One Feeling Or Another About Notes, But It Is Always A Little Bit Of A Red Alert When I Get One In An Audition.