Writers will see your work and want to try you in different things but I think you have to stay true to your vehicle. We all have a vehicle. Whether it's a thug, or a school child or the babyface or the sex siren or the video vin, whatever it is ride that until the wheels fall off and eventually, if you build your foundation then you can branch off.

Having been through the muck and mire, I've had my own brush with bad choices.

If you've ever felt oppressed on any level, there's something from 'The Wire' that you can take and identify with.

When you love someone unconditionally, you go to war for them, and they do that for each other. They know they can call each other when they need each other. In this day and age, everyone needs a friend like in Hap and Leonard.

My job is to bring to life the character, not to put the words on the paper.

Music's been part of my entire life. It's in my DNA.

I got picked on a lot as a kid.