I Started Acting, Almost On A Whim

'the Wire' Really Drew On A Lot Of Real-life Situations And Real-life Organizations - It Created Fiction To Make A Social Statement About Reality.

As I Got Further Into My Career, As A Character Of Color, If I Was Going To Have The Types Of Opportunities I Felt I Deserved, And Continue To Have Them, I Was Going To Have To Start Creating Those Opportunities For Myself.

A Very Odd Thing Happened To My Career When I Got The Wire. My Career Was Pretty Much A Steady Climb; I Didn't Really Flatline Much. When I Did The Wire, That's When I Thought All The Doors Would Open, But That's When Things Flatlined. I Had A Really Hard Time Just Getting Seen For Film, Which Was The Next Step.

I Started To Realize, A Lot Of Times If You Go Into Your Memory, Your Sense Memory, You Know More Than You Think You Do, From Having Watched And Listened.

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.