'the Wire' Really Drew On A Lot

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

You Either Get Better, Or You Don't Progress.

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

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!

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.