“Nothing will ever top 'The Wire.' It was historical. It was black cinema.” BlackHistoricalCinemaWire Author: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 about reality.” RealRealitySocialFictionSituationOrganizationReal LifeStatementsWire Author:Lance Reddick
“A very odd thing happened to my career when I got The Wire. My career was pretty much a steady climb; I didn't really flatline much. When I did The Wire, that's when I thought all the doors would open, but that's when things flatlined. I had a really hard time just getting seen for film, which was the next step.” FilmThings HappenOddHard TimesSteadyWire Author:Lance Reddick
“What's interesting is, most of the people who are fans of the The Wire who black people or cops... most of the people in the industry are the crew: writers, actors and directors. And so they understand what it is that we do, so they think, "Wow, what a incredible group of amazing actors." It's funny, I think there are a couple of reasons why we have never gotten any nomination for anything except for writing.” PeopleThinkingWritingReasonBlackInterestingCoupleIncrediblesBlack PeopleCopWire Author: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 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."” PeopleRealArtistDramaVoteWire Author:Lance Reddick
“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!” FilmInterestingForeverIntelligentObsessionClassicWire Author:Lance Reddick
“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. I'm like, "This is the best ensemble I've ever worked with. I'm working with these cats? Holy mackerel, this is heaven."” TogetherHeavenHolySceneSingingCatDancingWire Author:Lance Reddick
