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" Great art, the more specific you are, the more universal it becomes, and that's the thing that I loved about 'The Wire.' "

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" It strengthens the acting muscles to tap into other parts of yourself. When you can accomplish something that's unexpected, for you as well as the audience, that's really important. It's also very important if you want people considering you for other projects to broaden their view of you. "

" I consider myself a journeyman actor, and I pride myself and look forward to keeping my career choices as diverse as possible because it challenges me as an actor. "

" And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on. "

" My mother was a teacher for 40 years. She was part of the United Teachers of New Orleans. "

" The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we've been, where we hope to be. "

" David Simon is a brilliant writer, brilliant at being able to take what is ordinary and make it extraordinary. "

" The social justice movement of the 21st century is economic development. "

" My dad prepared me for the worst of times while also enabling me to succeed in the best. He taught me to confront the insidiousness of racism head on, no matter what the ramification, so it will not fester. Defeat it and get past it. That was The Talk. Nothing scared me after that. "

" Coming out of school, sometimes people can be theater snobs. I only wanted to do theater, highbrow stuff. But what I learned very quickly is there can be good material in every genre. "

" Juilliard gave me the ability to go and do classical, contemporary, comedy, drama, everything. "

" One of the great things my grandparents and grandparents taught me was, there are those who don't have your best interests at heart. "

" Gregory Hines was the most talented man I've ever met or seen. Gregory Hines is one of those people that whenever he talked to you, you felt like you were the center of the universe. "

" At Julliard we had some voice classes. It was really just so you could carry a tune. It always just helps with your speaking voice also, when you connect your diaphragm and your breath. "

" New Orleans, more than many places I know, actually tangibly lives its culture. It's not just a residual of life; it's a part of life. Music is at every major milestone of our life: birth, marriage, death. It's our culture. "

" I would love to do an anthology show based on the character of Jesse B. Semple that Langston Hughes wrote about. He's sort of a Forrest Gump character in the midst of 20th century Harlem. "

" The key, I always thought, to my career would be diversity - a diversity of not only the type of work that you do but the mediums. "

" Ultimately, I would love to do 'The Emperor of Ocean Park' by Stephen Carter. "

" What thoughts are to the individual, art is to the community as a whole. That's where you reflect on who you are, who you hope to be, what you've gone through, and where you hope to go. "

" Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. It's how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment... all of that is expressed in culture. "

" The NFL is such a large, multibillion dollar enterprise with fan loyalty because they have provided not only entertainment for sports fans, but memories, good memories, family memories to these fans, that can only bring about good will. "

" We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer. "

" I went to Beijing for the Olympics and was literally right across the track from Usain Bolt. And when he gets to full stride, for every two steps the other guy's taking, he's just taking one. "

" The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable. "

" I trained at Juilliard so that I could do all kinds of genres, so that's what I'm trained to do. "

" In our house, my dad had a chair. It was a Barcalounger, big and comfortable. If we missed him or wanted comfort when he wasn't home, we'd just climb into the chair and let it envelop us. "

" Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid. "

" When a sports team is doing well in a city that's going through tough times like New Orleans, like Detroit, it bolsters this real sentiment of 'we can get through this.' And when you have that sentiment, it becomes more than feelings: It's transported into action. "

" I would love to see a real story about Fred Hampton. "

" I just know that 'Treme' broke ground when it comes to music and film on television. "

" In 1974, when the city of Boston was desegregating its schools, I watched the news with my dad and saw the police escorts in riot gear, the protesters screaming at the buses, small frightened faces in their windows. "