Wendell Pierce

And so you build that up and then you have to have the physical and then

the vocal strength for a three-hour production.

So the challenge is physical, it's intellectual, and it's emotional.

Yeah, I mean, you know, I'm in the third act of my career, I think, you know, and I'm challenging myself.

It's not just to go from job to job, but be intentional about the jobs I take.

And I try to plan out the year that way.

I still have to hope that someone hires me to do it, and I have to be good enough to get the auditions and get the offers and all.

And and then also just as an actor, you want to be as diverse as possible.

And I want it.

And that's been the reason I've been able to have a 40 year career is working in New York and Los Angeles and doing television, doing film, doing theater.

in as many different places.

I've produced a play in Uganda, in Kampala, Uganda, at the National Theater there.

I try to make it as diverse as possible, and it's a great challenge, and that's what the journey is all about.

Well, you know, that ticking clock of mortality kind of helps.

You want to build a body of work.

You want to, you know, subconsciously, that probably is a part of it.

But also, it's not all at the same time.

You know, right now, Jack Ryan, Ghost War is out.

But that was last summer and spring when we shot that in Dubai and London.

And then Elsbeth just ended the season.