85 Quotes by Wendell Pierce

Ultimately, I would love to do 'The Emperor of Ocean Park' by Stephen Carter.

The key, I always thought, to my career would be diversity - a diversity of not only the type of work that you do but the mediums.

I'm a multitasker, and I kind of like it that way.

The world, post-Katrina, was a hard time for my city. The hardest time. For people who didn't live through it, no words can fully express the pain, the rage, the grief, and the futility we New Orleanians felt. For the people who did, words seemed like a feeble protest against a relentless night without end.

Great art, the more specific you are, the more universal it becomes, and that's the thing that I loved about 'The Wire.'

My dad prepared me for the worst of times while also enabling me to succeed in the best. He taught me to confront the insidiousness of racism head on, no matter what the ramification, so it will not fester. Defeat it and get past it. That was The Talk. Nothing scared me after that.

I just know that 'Treme' broke ground when it comes to music and film on television.

I have so much love for art.

It strengthens the acting muscles to tap into other parts of yourself. When you can accomplish something that's unexpected, for you as well as the audience, that's really important. It's also very important if you want people considering you for other projects to broaden their view of you.