What's interesting is, most of the people who are fans of the The Wire who black people or … - Lance Reddick

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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.

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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.

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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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