In Drama School, My Greatest

You Either Get Better, Or You Don't Progress.

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 Awards In This Town Is That A Lot Is About The Drama - Like The Drama Of The Performance. And He Said "your Show, The Wire, Looks So Real, It Almost Looks Like A Documentary. And People Who Aren't Artists - A Lot Of People Who Vote For This Stuff - Don't Get It."

As I Got Further Into My Career, As A Character Of Color, If I Was Going To Have The Types Of Opportunities I Felt I Deserved, And Continue To Have Them, I Was Going To Have To Start Creating Those Opportunities For Myself.

I Started To Realize, A Lot Of Times If You Go Into Your Memory, Your Sense Memory, You Know More Than You Think You Do, From Having Watched And Listened.

Art Is Art, And Journalism Is Journalism.