Samira Wiley Quotes

I just think 'Law & Order' is the gold standard. History is going to show that it's probably one of the best series of shows that has been on television.

There's only so much you can do with an attorney on a show that's about New York policemen.

Nothing really compares to the original 'Law & Order.'

You can't beat a cop drama. That's what everybody seems to want to watch.

I had a great time on The Shield. From working on it I have a totally different view of law enforcement.

'Law & Order' has the same plot every single episode.

I'm a huge fan of things like The Wire and The Shield.

My wife loves 'Scandal,' and I'm hooked on 'Homeland.' Sometimes I ask news makers, off the record, what rings true about those shows and what's ridiculous.

In the courtroom, it's where a lawyer really becomes an actor. There's a very fine line between delivering a monologue in a play and delivering a monologue to a jury. I've always felt that way - I've been in a lot of courtrooms. The best lawyers are really theatrical.

I'm usually late to the game on shows and watch them after they've aired. But I love 'House of Cards,' 'The Killing,' 'Orange Is the New Black,' loved 'True Detective,' and 'Arrested Development' when it was on. Also 'The Wire,' though I was way late to the game on that.

I'm thrilled to have a completely new audience that I can get from Court TV, without it being my own trial. That was the only other way I would have gotten it.

There are life lessons that can be derived from reality television.

I played a lawyer in a movie, so, many times I think I am a lawyer. And clearly I'm not a lawyer, because I got arrested.

I think 'Empire' is entertaining. It's a soap opera. Does it touch on stereotypes? Sure, it does... I don't know if that's necessarily good or bad.

Now we've gotten accustomed to reality shows where the goal is to see people acting foolish.

I hope people think about the way trials go today, with the justice system overwhelmed by cases.

You don't have to watch 'Gossip Girl' to have an attitude.

As I was finishing high school, 'Fresh Prince' was, by far, out front. The generation before me, it may have been the Huxtables, but for me and my homies, Fresh Prince.

I did a lot of 'NYPD Blues' and 'Law & Orders' and a couple of other ones that were shot in New York earlier in my career.

I think that probably the time that people stopped thinking of Starbuck as 'a woman' was when they stopped thinking of the old show.

'Duck Dynasty' is a ridiculous show, and long may it wave. America and democracy will endure. They've seen a lot worse.

I'm definitely caught up in the Kool-Aid of true-crime stories.

I will be the defence lawyer of the Italian people.

I get tempted to do a reality show because I enjoy them so much.

The O. J. Simpson trial was the launching-off point for a lot of our pop culture and news culture habits and touchstones.