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I was coming from a theater background. I had an obsession with classic film and cool, interesting, intelligent television. I didn't really understand the way the mainstream television industry worked. I just thought "The wire is so good that it's going to be a huge hit, and we'll get awards up the yin-yang forever." That's what I thought!

Lance Reddick's Popular Quotes

I graduated in '94 from Yale and New York Undercover was my first gig on TV. I was really all over the place with roles, which is what I wanted to do.

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

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Nothing will ever top 'The Wire.' It was historical. It was black cinema.

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

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

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I'm an artist at heart.

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

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

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I mean, you know actors, we always want to do something else, something different.

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