Sometimes you have to say, "No. This is my space." If you're going to come at me, come at me respectfully, and I will respond respectfully.

Because of the way tech is changing, and becoming cheaper and user-friendly, it's becoming easier to make films cheaply, maintaining quality.

I mean, you know actors, we always want to do something else, something different.

You either get better, or you don't progress.

If you're going to come at me, come at me respectfully, and I will respond respectfully.

It's funny, because in drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters.

When you're in a high-stress situation, dynamics between people can change.

The African American community is so under-served in the entertainment industry.

Notes are tricky in an audition, because I find, more often than not, my instinct is right.

'The Wire' really drew on a lot of real-life situations and real-life organizations - it created fiction to make a social statement about reality.

Nothing will ever top 'The Wire.' It was historical. It was black cinema.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

Everything changes, and there’s no denying that. But change isn’t always bad, as long as you hold onto who you truly are, and hold onto each other.

I couldn't blame anyone for what was in me, because I am, like everyone, populated entirely by myself.

If your job was remotely interesting, there would be a show on A&E about it.

Erotic love begins with separateness, and ends in oneness. Motherly love begins with oneness, and leads to separateness.

Hotel life is about the same in every latitude.

Buy a friend; hire a lawyer.

You can't have a situation in which companies proceed on a permanent basis relying only on cash from the government.

Actually, I comb my hair quite often. Of course, I use an electric toothbrush.

If you're saved and you're breathing, you need to know who William Tyndale is.