Growing up, I never imagined I would be an actor.

Don't be a victim; if you want to make movies, make movies.

Most of the characters I'd played were so different from me, so far from me that I had to transform.

'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.

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

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.

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