Most of the characters I'd played were so different from me, so far from me that I had to transform. Lance Reddick More Quotes by Lance Reddick More Quotes From Lance Reddick Because of the way tech is changing, and becoming cheaper and user-friendly, it's becoming easier to make films cheaply, maintaining quality. Lance Reddick qualitybecomingfriendly Art is art, and journalism is journalism. Lance Reddick art-isjournalismart I’m interested not just in projects that I’ll be starring in, but producing film and TV that’s really quality and great for adults; and when I say great for adults, it doesn’t mean without humor, because I’m also interested in doing comedy. Lance Reddick qualityadultsmean You don't see a lot of black rock stars. The music industry tends to be segregated stylistically. It's hard for a black artist to cross over to rock music. Lance Reddick rocksstarsartist 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 intelligentforeverinteresting I feel like my public life isn't necessarily my own. I'm starting to get used to how to maneuver and operate in New York in a way that I don't get stopped all the time. I just pretty much say "Thank you." But one of the things is to try to keep moving. Not to stop too long, because people try to get into a conversation with you all the time. The hardest thing is on the subway, or when people try to chase you down. Lance Reddick longpeoplemoving 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. Lance Reddick couplewritingthinking Notes are tricky in an audition, because I find, more often than not, my instinct is right. If they have a preconceived notion about the role and it goes against my instinct, unless it makes sense to me, it often throws off what I'm trying to do. Though sometimes they have an insight that I don't because they've been living with the script. I don't have one feeling or another about notes, but it is always a little bit of a red alert when I get one in an audition. Lance Reddick feelingstryingsometimes It's funny, 90 percent of what I've done has been television, and I never really wanted to do it that much. I was really interested in film and theater. What's ironic is that when I started doing television, I did a bunch of amazing shows all in a row, starting with The Corner. Lance Reddick ironicfilmdone 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. Lance Reddick In drama school, my greatest strength was my range. So my early career was like that: I played all kinds of different characters. Lance Reddick characterdramaschool 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. Lance Reddick realizingmemoriesthinking 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. Lance Reddick my-spacesometimes From the time I became an actor my whole approach was to try to do as many different things as possible. It never occurred to me that I might be typecast. Lance Reddick actorsdifferenttrying When I went to drama school, I knew I was at least as talented as other students, but because I was a black man and I wasn't pretty, I knew I would have to work my butt off to be the best that I would be, and to be noticed. Lance Reddick bestmanblackwork 'Pigeonholed' isn't the right word, because I feel like I've had a very wide range of characters that I've been allowed to play. Lance Reddick i-feel-likefeellikeplay
