I come to work on time. I focus on my job. I bust my scenes out and everything else kind of happens from there.

I grew in a community where I saw the process of how one becomes a drug dealer or a gang banger or a stick-up kid. There's a series of events that happen. People don't just wake up and decide they wanna be that.

I love dealing with drama. I'm drawn to the painful side of storytelling, more so. I feel like that's where you get the most honesty from. My laughter comes from irony. You laugh at my pain. I can't look for the laugh 'cause I'll fall flat on my face. I like the type of laughter that comes from irony like, "Of course, it's sunny today when I wore a mink coat!" I'm that guy. I was raised on Benny Hill and The Odd Couple and The Honeymooners.

I'm more liable to hurt myself than someone else.

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

The Wire' is very realistic and based on real events.

I have a very healthy appetite for good writing and good characters. Having weak writing is my biggest fear.