It Was Deeply Important For Me To

If I Was Gonna Go To Jail, I Don't Want To Go To Jail For Stealing A Bottle Of Water. I'll Steal That $20 Million. At Least Then It Was Worth It.

Africans, We Hold On To Our Youths And Whip Them Into Shape.

As An Actor, You're Trained To Do The Right Thing, Be Politically Correct, Say Your Lines, Say The Right Thing About The People You're Working With...

I Was On A Well-beaten Path Of Actors - What We All Call 'the Law And Order Route'. I Spent Two Years Of Auditioning For Everything... And Then 'the Wire' Came Up.

I Find That A Lot Of Actors Who Are Good And Open To Challenges Have Lived A Full Life. When You Walk Into An Audition, You Have More To Say For Yourself Because You Come From The Real World. It's More Enticing For Directors, I Think.