A very odd thing happened to my career when I got The Wire. My career was pretty much a steady climb; I didn't really flatline much. When I did The Wire, that's when I thought all the doors would open, but that's when things flatlined. I had a really hard time just getting seen for film, which was the next step.
Lance ReddickIn drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters.
Lance ReddickIt'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.
Lance ReddickFrom the time I became an actor my whole approach was to try to do as many different things as possible. It never occurred to me that I might be typecast.
Lance ReddickYou don't see a lot of black rock stars. The music industry tends to be segregated stylistically. It's hard for a black artist to cross over to rock music.
Lance Reddick