“If we win the in season tournament, we’re not putting up a banner. Let the Lakers do that. We can make it into a carpet and put it in the hallway or something.” - Paul Pierce
Some of the actors from #TheWire struggled to get new (or quality) roles after the show ended.
“It was so authentic, people thought we weren’t actors. At industry events, people would ask, ‘What are you doing here?’ And I’d say, ‘What do you mean?’ and they’d say, ‘What are you doing out of Baltimore?’ ”
Doing shows after “The Wire” was like a theater actor doing a play after Hamlet.
“I’d find myself on the set of a show feeling down, and I didn’t know why,” says Akinnagbe. “It took a while till I realized I have to accept that not all work is the same, and I have to find something interesting in each character. With ’The Wire’ we were thrilled every week — we’d read the script immediately and call each other to say, ‘Did you see that?’ ” -Gbenga Akinnagbe (Chris Partlow) 2018 LA Times interview
@Dart_Adams It’s wild there’s no Sugar Hill mentions at all. Prolly my favorite performance.
Sugar Hill
New Jack
Mo Betta Blues
Jungle Fever
White Men Can’t Jump
Demolition Man/Blade/Passenger 57 - Triple action feature.