85 Quotes by Wendell Pierce

Whenever an actor was going to die, I tried to help them understand not to take it personally. It wasn’t about them. It’s the story.

I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn’t practice. Maybe a little longer than two weeks, but I didn’t practice and I was faking it.

I went to Beijing for the Olympics and was literally right across the track from Usain Bolt. And when he gets to full stride, for every two steps the other guy’s taking, he’s just taking one.

It was really great to also see the response that people were having to ‘Treme’ ’cause you’re in a vacuum when you’re on a TV show. You see the response online, you read about it and all of that, but actually to be live and have that many thousands of fans come out, it’s really wonderful.

Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. It's how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment... all of that is expressed in culture.

In our house, my dad had a chair. It was a Barcalounger, big and comfortable. If we missed him or wanted comfort when he wasn't home, we'd just climb into the chair and let it envelop us.

My father was so against me becoming an actor.

Juilliard gave me the ability to go and do classical, contemporary, comedy, drama, everything.

David Simon is a brilliant writer, brilliant at being able to take what is ordinary and make it extraordinary.