I Grew Up Studying Music. I Went

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

Notes Are Tricky In An Audition, Because I Find, More Often Than Not, My Instinct Is Right.

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

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 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.