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> [The breadth of work that's possible is wider and deeper for someone who looks like me in the States than it is in the U.K.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lennie-james/the-breadth-of-work-that-s-possible-is-wider-and-deeper-for-someone/)

[Lennie James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lennie-james/)

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## More by Lennie James

> [All the great shows owe a lot to 'Hill Street Blues.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lennie-james/all-the-great-shows-owe-a-lot-to-hill-street-blues/)

[Lennie James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lennie-james/)

> [The fact that I lost my mum was horrible, and if I could change anything, I would definitely change that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lennie-james/the-fact-that-i-lost-my-mum-was-horrible-and-if-i-could-change/)

[Lennie James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lennie-james/)

> [I owe 'Jericho' my whole time in America, really. It was a fantastic group of people to work with.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lennie-james/i-owe-jericho-my-whole-time-in-america-really-it-was-a-fantastic/)

[Lennie James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lennie-james/)

> [I'm pretty much a London boy, and it was a big enough city to try and conquer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lennie-james/i-m-pretty-much-a-london-boy-and-it-was-a-big-enough-city-to-try-and/)

[Lennie James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lennie-james/)

> [My foster mother wanted to create a family home. For me, she had made a place that I felt I could always go back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lennie-james/my-foster-mother-wanted-to-create-a-family-home-for-me-she-had-made-a/)

[Lennie James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lennie-james/)

> [I was dreading all of the ghost stories of working on American television, not in the least, the length. In Britain, a series is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lennie-james/i-was-dreading-all-of-the-ghost-stories-of-working-on-american/)

[Lennie James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lennie-james/)

> [In the kids' home I was in, there was very little change of staff. People stuck around, and they stuck around because they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lennie-james/in-the-kids-home-i-was-in-there-was-very-little-change-of-staff/)

[Lennie James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lennie-james/)

> [One of the things I learnt over the years is that there is a craft to writing, like there is a craft to acting.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lennie-james/one-of-the-things-i-learnt-over-the-years-is-that-there-is-a-craft-to/)

[Lennie James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lennie-james/)

> [I was focused on either being a social worker or physiotherapist. That was the direction I was going until I met a girl who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lennie-james/i-was-focused-on-either-being-a-social-worker-or-physiotherapist-that/)

[Lennie James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lennie-james/)

> [My favorite television show of all time is 'Hill Street Blues.' I think it's the show that is to television what Pele was to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lennie-james/my-favorite-television-show-of-all-time-is-hill-street-blues-i-think/)

[Lennie James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lennie-james/)

> [I like arriving somewhere and taking a left when someone tells you to go right. When all the tourist signs are pointing one way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lennie-james/i-like-arriving-somewhere-and-taking-a-left-when-someone-tells-you-to/)

[Lennie James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lennie-james/)

> [I like playing guys where it's as important what they're thinking as what they're saying. Those are the people I like playing, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lennie-james/i-like-playing-guys-where-it-s-as-important-what-they-re-thinking-as/)

[Lennie James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lennie-james/)

> [I particular enjoy the crime writer, Walter Ellis Mosley. He does a series of Chandler-esque detective stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lennie-james/i-particular-enjoy-the-crime-writer-walter-ellis-mosley-he-does-a/)

[Lennie James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lennie-james/)

> [We did four months on 'Line of Duty' from beginning to end, and that would be a long theater run.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lennie-james/we-did-four-months-on-line-of-duty-from-beginning-to-end-and-that/)

[Lennie James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lennie-james/)

> [If you're very clearly good or you're very clearly bad, then there isn't that much internal dilemma going on, and that's not necessarily as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lennie-james/if-you-re-very-clearly-good-or-you-re-very-clearly-bad-then-there-isn/)

[Lennie James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lennie-james/)

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