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

It's funny, 90 percent of what I've done has been television, and I never really wanted to do it that much. I was really interested in film and theater. What's ironic is that when I started doing television, I did a bunch of amazing shows all in a row, starting with The Corner.

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

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

I started acting, almost on a whim to help my music career.

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!

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