What made you want to be an actor? In high school I was in various plays, just natural progression. My teacher helped me with auditions. I booked my first commercial on my birthday.

Are you working on any new projects? Working on my first production company called �Nork Projects�. I�m writing a lot of scripts, just pitch them to certain people, and the third season of the Wire.

What do you prefer more TV series, movies, plays, and cameos in videos? TV series, eventually I�d like to do Network TV, so I�m on a series every week.

Do people treat you different when you go back to your hometown? Sometimes, but now I just walk around so much, they see me a lot..so everyone is calmed down and use to it.

Does it bother you when movies like Snipes and Mr. Smith Get a hustler doesn�t do so well? No, those aren�t my projects. I�m just trying to build a foundation.

How was it doing Theatre?Did you have to prepare for this role any different? I always did plays in High school, so it was natural for me. It helps me play the camera. I�m more of a stage actor. Every two years I go do stage acting to brush up because TV can make you lazy.

What do you do own your down/off time? Chill in the house, read, and watch my man President Bush talk all this bullshit. I�m really a homebody, watch a lot of movies and have a drink or too.

Will your character bodie on �The Wire� be doing more the third season? My character will be doing more; I just received the script a few days ago. I�ll be in the first scenes like the second season.

Did you find it difficult to play a prostitute or have nude scenes in Mr. Smith and Oz? Yeah kind of, I can stretch myself so far. I don�t want to do anything to wild. I know how to imply for the camera. With Oz a lot of the actors had nude scenes, so it really didn�t bother me. Only thing was I didn�t want to get raped at all, so we came to an agreement. When everything was done a lot of parts hit the edit room floor so you just seen my dry and my butt. I didn�t mind showing my butt for the ladies, not my package though.

Is it weird to see yourself on Television? Yeah, it�s very weird. I can be cleaning up and the Hershey commercial will come on. But I just watch myself once and I�ll have it stuck in my head so they�ll be no need to watch it again. Unless it�s a scene I really liked a lot, so I�ll watch it a few times.