Nothing Will Ever Top 'the

Most Of The Characters I'd Played Were So Different From Me, So Far From Me That I Had To Transform.

Nothing Will Ever Top 'the Wire.' It Was Historical. It Was Black Cinema.

When You're In A High-stress Situation, Dynamics Between People Can Change.

You Don't See A Lot Of Black Rock Stars. The Music Industry Tends To Be Segregated Stylistically. It's Hard For A Black Artist To Cross Over To Rock Music.

It's Funny, 90 Percent Of What I've Done Has Been Television, And I Never Really Wanted To Do It That Much. I Was Really Interested In Film And Theater. What's Ironic Is That When I Started Doing Television, I Did A Bunch Of Amazing Shows All In A Row, Starting With The Corner.