My only goal is to stay focused on my craft and make sure my life is as sharp as it can be to attack any character that is given to me.

Revenge is not a positive state of mind or energy to indulge your self in.

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.

I'm good with all my roles, I've never had a bad role.

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

My childhood was pretty colorful; I like to use the word turbulent. But it was a great time to grow up, the '70s and '80s in Brooklyn, East Flatbush. It was culturally diverse: You had Italian culture, American culture, the Caribbean West Indian culture, the Hasidic Jewish culture. Everything was kind of like right there in your face. A lot of violence, you know, especially toward the '80s the neighborhood got really violent, but it made me who I am, it made me strong.

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