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" 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. "

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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.' "

Wendell Pierce

Universal

Art

" The world, post-Katrina, was a hard time for my city. The hardest time. For people who didn't live through it, no words can fully express the pain, the rage, the grief, and the futility we New Orleanians felt. For the people who did, words seemed like a feeble protest against a relentless night without end. "

" It was really great to also see the response that people were having to 'Treme' 'cause you're in a vacuum when you're on a TV show. You see the response online, you read about it and all of that, but actually to be live and have that many thousands of fans come out, it's really wonderful. "

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

" I have so much love for art. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My father was so against me becoming an actor. "

Wendell Pierce

Against

Actor

" 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. "

" 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. "

" A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make that assumption. And so when there's a little intonation problem, people are very forgiving of them because they heard how soulful they play. "

" 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 tell people all the time: get some training and become a student of your craft. "

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

" 'The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud of. "

" 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. "

Wendell Pierce

People

Seen

" 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. "

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

" I'm a multitasker, and I kind of like it that way. "

Wendell Pierce

Kind

Way

" 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. "

Wendell Pierce

Racism

Past

" I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer than two weeks, but I didn't practice and I was faking it. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "