When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was a black man and I wasn't pretty, I knew I would have to work my butt off to be… — 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
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
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
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
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
Notes are tricky in an audition, because I find, more often than not, my instinct is right. — Lance Reddick Copy Share
If you're going to come at me, come at me respectfully, and I will respond respectfully. — Lance Reddick Copy Share
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
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
The African American community is so under-served in the entertainment industry. — Lance Reddick Copy Share
I feel like my public life isn't necessarily my own. I'm starting to get used to how to maneuver and operate in New York… — Lance Reddick Copy Share
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… — Lance Reddick Copy Share
From the time I became an actor my whole approach was to try to do as many different things as possible. It never occurred… — Lance Reddick Copy Share
