American - Actor | December 31, 1962 -
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.
Lance Reddick
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Notes are tricky in an audition, because I find, more often than not, my instinct is right.
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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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Growing up, I never imagined I would be an actor.
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I grew up studying music. I went to conservatory.
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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.
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I started acting almost on a whim to help my music career.
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'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.
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I'm an artist at heart.
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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.
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Nothing will ever top 'The Wire.' It was historical. It was black cinema.
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You either get better, or you don't progress.
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