Lance Reddick

Growing up, I never imagined I would be an actor.

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.

As I got further into my career, as a character of color, if I was going to have the types of opportunities I felt I deserved, and continue to have them, I was going to have to start creating those opportunities for myself.

I started acting almost on a whim to help my music career.

I can only speak as an American, but most journalism here isn't doing its job any more. It's about selling stuff.

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

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.

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.

I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults; and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.

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

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

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