Lance Reddick

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

I grew up studying music. I went to conservatory.

— Lance Reddick

That's what David Caruso said to me. We were talking about the whole Emmy thing, and he said that one of the…

— Lance Reddick

I'm an artist at heart.

— Lance Reddick

A very odd thing happened to my career when I got The Wire. My career was pretty much a steady climb; I…

— Lance Reddick

Most of the characters I'd played were so different from me, so far from me that I had to transform.

— Lance Reddick

The Wire' really drew on a lot of real-life situations and real-life organizations - it created fiction to make a social statement…

— Lance Reddick

Notes are tricky in an audition, because I find, more often than not, my instinct is right.

— Lance Reddick

If you're going to come at me, come at me respectfully, and I will respond respectfully.

— Lance Reddick

I started to realize, a lot of times if you go into your memory, your sense memory, you know more than you…

— Lance Reddick

Notes are tricky in an audition, because I find, more often than not, my instinct is right. If they have a preconceived…

— Lance Reddick

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

— Lance Reddick

I feel like my public life isn't necessarily my own. I'm starting to get used to how to maneuver and operate in…

— Lance Reddick

It's funny, 90 percent of what I've done has been television, and I never really wanted to do it that much. I…

— Lance Reddick

From the time I became an actor my whole approach was to try to do as many different things as possible. It…

— Lance Reddick

It's funny, because in drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all…

— Lance Reddick

Don't be a victim; if you want to make movies, make movies.

— Lance Reddick

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

— Lance Reddick

You either get better, or you don't progress.

— Lance Reddick

'Pigeonholed' isn't the right word, because I feel like I've had a very wide range of characters that I've been allowed to…

— Lance Reddick

You don't see a lot of black rock stars. The music industry tends to be segregated stylistically. It's hard for a black…

— Lance Reddick

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

— Lance Reddick

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…

— Lance Reddick

When I was working on The Wire with the other actors, scene after scene after scene, I felt like we were singing…

— Lance Reddick

Sometimes you have to say, "No. This is my space." If you're going to come at me, come at me respectfully, and…

— Lance Reddick