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

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

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.

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.

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

I grew up studying music. I went to conservatory.

I'm an artist at heart.