I wasn't bad at school, but I was never a bookworm.

Nobody likes a celebrity DJ for the sake of style, so I don't do that - I try to be good at what I do. It's all about resetting, it's my escape. It is work, it's a job, but I just love doing it.

I knew that if I wanted to be all I could be, I would have to go to the US. It took three years to get the accent right.

It's actually quite criminal how 'The Wire' was systematically ignored.

I find that a lot of actors who are good and open to challenges have lived a full life. When you walk into an audition, you have more to say for yourself because you come from the real world. It's more enticing for directors, I think.

Africans, we hold on to our youths and whip them into shape.

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