Ryan Coogler

I knew a lot of kids like that.

Yeah.

Both friends of mine and also when I was working with my dad.

So yeah, it was a brilliant portrayal.

And kudos to Mike for his performance and David Simon for writing the character.

And HBO for having the show, you know what I mean?

Yeah, and he was great in Friday Night Lights.

Yeah, that's right.

Yeah, I mean, I think it's great, man.

It's funny because it actually comes back to football for me because I play receiver and I play with a lot of different quarterbacks, you know, especially in college.

And it was tough because I never felt like I found my rhythm with one person, you know.

And that's so important.

Like, I think finding a rhythm is like a...

it's like fundamental to, I think, to achieving greatness, you know?

So it's phenomenal to have, to have found an actor who's so, who's so talented, you know, gifted, ambitious, you know, because Mike is constantly trying to push himself and get better at his craft.

He's professional.

He's also like a good person, you know, like, like he's like, when you're doing a movie with him,

If he's number one on your call sheet, you know that you're going to have a safe set for people.

He's going to be able to do great work without making people's lives miserable.

He's going to treat people with kindness.