If you're going to come at me, come at me respectfully, and I will respond respectfully.

Because of the way tech is changing, and becoming cheaper and user-friendly, it's becoming easier to make films cheaply, maintaining quality.

When I was working on The Wire with the other actors, scene after scene after scene, I felt like we were singing together. We were dancing together. I'm like, "This is the best ensemble I've ever worked with. I'm working with these cats? Holy mackerel, this is heaven."

'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.

The African American community is so under-served in the entertainment industry.

Sometimes you have to say, "No. This is my space." If you're going to come at me, come at me respectfully, and I will respond respectfully.

Nothing will ever top 'The Wire.' It was historical. It was black cinema.