What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before.

What I like about their films is that you actually feel the momentum of whatever they're shooting. So, if someone's falling out a window, it gives the opportunity to show what that might feel like.

I'd rather a young black actor read about success as opposed to how tough it was. I get these roles because I can act and that's it. Hopefully that's it.

People watch three or four episodes at a time of their shows.

Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an album.

One of my first jobs was in a soap opera, five days a week. And what I found is, although there are different directors coming in and different crews, you just lived in your character. It's the nature of the story, the ongoing story, and it can get deeper and deeper.

I was in The Wire for three years, and I left at the highlight of that.