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
Notes are tricky in an audition, because I find, more often than not, my instinct is right. – Lance Reddick
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
If you’re going to come at me, come at me respectfully, and I will respond respectfully. – Lance Reddick
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
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
I can only speak as an American, but most journalism here isn’t doing its job any more. It’s about selling stuff. – Lance Reddick
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
As I got further into my career, as a character of color, if I was going to have the types of opportunities I felt I deserved, and continue to have them, I was going to have to start creating those opportunities for myself. – Lance Reddick
‘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. – Lance Reddick
‘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
