JK: Do you consider yourself a theatre guy first, or would you rather do movies or TV? [Robert Woods, Mike from North Dakota]DW: Yeah, I suppose that was my training and my upbringing, and I do need to do that on a regular basis, but I've just done two big plays in London, so I don't need to do that for a while.
JK: Are you finished with "Rock'N'Roll"?
DW: Yes, that's going to Broadway, but with Rufus Sewell, who played the part first. I was the second guy to play it.
JK: Television is different isn't it? Let's talk about "The Wire." When I was watching, you did very few takes.
DW: You're lucky to get more than four or five. We save the time, we don't rehearse, it moves fast. We do 8 pages a day, you'd never get that on a movie.
JK: Let's talk about McNulty. A good guy. Is it hard to play a good guy?
DW: Every character in "The Wire" has a good and bad side, and McNulty is a good guy in that he has a certain integrity, but he has plenty of...
JK: But even in his drunken stupor, he tries to do the right thing.
DW: Well, I'm not sure his wife would say that. He's a hero to me.
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