I was coming from a theater background. I had an obsession with classic film and cool, interesting, intelligent television. I didn't really understand the way the mainstream television industry worked. I just thought "The wire is so good that it's… — Lance Reddick Copy Share Image
I can only speak as an American, but most journalism here isn't doing its job any more. It's about selling stuff. — Lance Reddick Copy Share Image
That's what David Caruso said to me. We were talking about the whole Emmy thing, and he said that one of the things about… — Lance Reddick Copy Share Image
A very odd thing happened to my career when I got The Wire. My career was pretty much a steady climb; I didn't really… — Lance Reddick Copy Share Image
Most of the characters I'd played were so different from me, so far from me that I had to transform. — Lance Reddick Copy Share Image
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. — Lance Reddick Copy Share Image
Notes are tricky in an audition, because I find, more often than not, my instinct is right. — Lance Reddick Copy Share Image
If you're going to come at me, come at me respectfully, and I will respond respectfully. — Lance Reddick Copy Share Image
I started to realize, a lot of times if you go into your memory, your sense memory, you know more than you think you… — Lance Reddick Copy Share Image
Notes are tricky in an audition, because I find, more often than not, my instinct is right. If they have a preconceived notion about… — Lance Reddick Copy Share Image
The African American community is so under-served in the entertainment industry. — Lance Reddick Copy Share Image
