I graduated in '94 from Yale and New York Undercover was my first gig on TV. I was really all over the place with roles, which is what I wanted to do.

I’m interested not just in projects that I’ll be starring in, but producing film and TV that’s really quality and great for adults; and when I say great for adults, it doesn’t mean without humor, because I’m also interested in doing comedy.

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

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

In drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters.

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

Art is art, and journalism is journalism.