I did a movie called 'The Savages' with Laura Linney and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, where I played a nurse, and it showed me in a different role from what I played on 'The Wire.' It showed my range as an… — Gbenga Akinnagbe Copy Share Image
You want a place where you can say that this is your show that you invested in with other actors, but there's also that flexibility of being a recurring actor. — Gbenga Akinnagbe Copy Share Image
If the project has good writing and is something I get excited about, then I'll do the role. And if it's for TV, I'll… — Gbenga Akinnagbe Copy Share Image
I did a movie called 'The Savages' with Laura Linney and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, where I played a nurse, and it showed me in… — Gbenga Akinnagbe Copy Share Image
My grandmother was a Muslim. My mother is Christian. And I don't know what I am, but I believe in God. — Gbenga Akinnagbe Copy Share Image
I'm a very physical person. I'm very tactile. I wrestled in college, so a lot of my communication with the world comes through physicality… — Gbenga Akinnagbe Copy Share Image
Whether it's someone struggling with mental illness, someone struggling with poverty or struggling with their own limitations in their social behaviors, for some reason,… — Gbenga Akinnagbe Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was in and out of trouble in group homes and other institutions, and when I was 14, I was locked up… — Gbenga Akinnagbe Copy Share Image
I like writing, and I enjoy it. It's painful. You can't get around the pain of writing. I'm still trying to balance on what… — Gbenga Akinnagbe Copy Share Image
The company Liberated People represents just not liberation of different nations around the world; it can be special liberation days. It can be what… — Gbenga Akinnagbe Copy Share Image
