Michael K. Williams Quotes

United States, Actor
November 22, 1966 – September, 6, 2021.

Michael Kenneth Williams was an American actor. He played Omar Little on the HBO drama series The Wire and Albert "Chalky" White on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire. He was also acclaimed for his role as Jack Gee, husband of Bessie Smith, in the HBO telefilm biopic Bessie. He has acted in supporting roles in a number of films and television series, including The Road, Inherent Vice, The Night Of, Gone Baby Gone, and 12 Years a Slave.

No one wakes up one day and decides they want to become a drug dealer or they want to be a stick-up kid. Those decisions are made after a series of events have happened in one's life.

Michael K. Williams
It's weird, sometimes I still see myself as just starting out. I tend to forget how much I've been doing, but in the beginning it is about the hustle, being out there and doing the work. Nothing is going to come to you, you have to get out there and do the work, and I've been doing that. But sometimes it's good to take a break and let these things air out. Reflect and take it in.

Michael K. Williams
- Work
- Beginning
- Sometimes

CHILDHOOD IS THAT STATE WHICH ENDS THE MOMENT A PUDDLE IS FIRST VIEWED AS AN OBSTACLE INSTEAD OF AN OPPORTUNITY

Michael K. Williams
Our criminal justice system has swallowed up too many people I love.

Michael K. Williams
- People
- System
- Criminal
The streets would have chewed me up and spit me out and I knew that, but I found my own ways and different knacks for getting in trouble and being reckless with my life. And I've overcome a lot of personal demons and to be alive is really my greatest achievement.

Michael K. Williams
Revenge is not a positive state of mind or energy to indulge your self in.

Michael K. Williams
- Energy
- Positive
- Revenge
I use my job to engage empathy and compassion for people society might stereotype or ostricise.

Michael K. Williams
- Job
- Compassion
- Empathy
The most successful people reach the top not because they are free of limitations, but because they act in spite of their limitations

Michael K. Williams
- Free
- Successful
- Act

I know nothing of what it is to be a gangster.

Michael K. Williams
- Know
- Nothing
- Gangster
My job is to bring to life the character, not to put the words on the paper.

Michael K. Williams
- Character
- Job
- Words