I can only speak as an American, but most journalism here isn't doing its job any more. It's about selling stuff.

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."

Art is art, and journalism is journalism.

You either get better, or you don't progress.

I can only speak as an American, but most journalism here isn't doing its job any more. It's about selling stuff.

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!

Notes are tricky in an audition, because I find, more often than not, my instinct is right.