Art imitating life and life imitating art, and it's beyond the job - it will always be a marked period in my life.
Wendell PierceThe real question is, Why do you feel as though that's emasculating? A man can't have a conflict? When you try to do art, it's how it lands on people, and hopefully some people will see it the way that I saw it, which is all of these awful choices come from the place of a man who's damaged.
Wendell PierceThere's no greater honor, as an actor, to be a part of a project that changes lives, and awakens and enlightens and entertains.
Wendell PierceThat is the heart and soul of the American dream, homeownership, the idea of being able to buy a house and start to build your family.
Wendell PiercePeople forget that art is not just a piece of entertainment. It is the place where we collectively declare our values and then act on them. That's one of the most powerful things we have as a community: our culture and our art. And it's the intersection between life and how people deal with life. It's the most important thing we do.
Wendell Pierce