It's Actually Quite Criminal How 'the Wire'

I Wanted To Be On American Tv So Much. I Didn't Park Dj'ing; I Just Sort Of Ended Up Becoming More Of A Studio Guy. I Had A Bit More Money And I Could Buy Every Little Piece Of Equipment And Drum Machine That Had Just Come Out - I've Got Quite A Collection Now - And I Continued To Collect Music.

I Dont Have A Place That I Call Home At The Moment Because Theres No Point. I Mean, Im A Traveling Circus For A While. Its Weird. Like, If I Wanted To Go Home, Theres Nowhere To Go. I Just Go To A Hotel. But Ive Kind Of Gotten Used To It.

I Was On A Well-beaten Path Of Actors - What We All Call 'the Law And Order Route'. I Spent Two Years Of Auditioning For Everything... And Then 'the Wire' Came Up.

There's The Argument That You Can Relate To Someone Who's Completely Unrelatable. In The Way That A Director Shows You His Imagination On A Film, Then I Get To Show You My Imagination In A Big Dumb Character.

What An Honor It Was To Step Into The Shoes Of Nelson Mandela And Portray A Man Who Defied Odds, Broke Down Barriers, And Championed Human Rights Before The Eyes Of The World.