Whenever an actor was going to die, I tried to help them understand not to take it personally. It wasn't about them. It's the story.

And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on.

The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud of.

I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer than two weeks, but I didn't practice and I was faking it.

The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we've been, where we hope to be.

I went to Beijing for the Olympics and was literally right across the track from Usain Bolt. And when he gets to full stride, for every two steps the other guy's taking, he's just taking one.

I worked at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, lived there for three years, and lived in Baltimore for 12 years.