Omari Hardwick Quotes
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I think Gil Scott-Heron is a king. He's a brilliant, broken king.
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I'd done 'Peter Pan' in a little pre-K class or whatever.
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There were uncles in my life that definitely knew the street life.
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Women are amazing lovers.
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I was definitely a Daddy's boy.
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You don't go to church and tell the choir how to sing if you're a visitor.
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As an actor, I come to set, and I have already broken the character down by writing a poem about the character. I try to write in his voice, the way he would write it.
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A powerful person is equally cool with their flaws and things that aren't powerful about them at all.
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I grew up in a two-parent household. We all played sports, all sports, which cost a lot of money. My pops was an attorney; he went to College of the Holy Cross with Clarence Thomas. My mom worked a bit, then gradually came home and took care of us full time.
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That's the thing with me being a former athlete: in the way I attack characters and attack poetry is from the base of being an athlete.
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I have very much been a guy who's acknowledged how many women have directed me, have produced... it's been unbelievable.
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'Power' is really such a good show that I forget I'm in it sometimes.
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I'm addicted to the hotel life. It's humbling and fly at the same time.
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I'd say my artistic bent definitely came from my father, who was a trial lawyer. And if you're smart, you know that a trial lawyer isn't that different from an actor. He was a poet as well.
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I was at a ballpark as much as I was in school. I was on a basketball court or football field as much as I was in school, so I definitely was receiving mentorship when it came to coaches, my father, my grandfather, and my uncles.
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I really had a problem with being 'the man.' I'm past it now, but that was my insecurity. I ran from that. I was cool with being No. 3 on the call sheet or No. 2.
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I'm not shutting myself off from kids; I'm remaining open to kids and the energy that they bring.
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Spike Lee gave me the greatest reaction to the fact that I was this athlete-meets-artist, because I think he saw that I was different. I learned that oftentimes, Spike directs in a sense that he might just stare at you and look at you in a telepathic way of communicating.
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I think 'Dark Blue' came to me while I was doing a project in London. I read it, and the character immediately popped out at me.
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I'm really nerdy, and I read a lot.
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It's really rare to come across a character, a show, or a movie that allows you to completely play four or five different characters within a season, let alone a week.
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I think the universe just brings people around others they find to be interesting.
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As a poet, I would always hear emcees come up to me and say, 'Yo, you should rap,' and I was like, 'No.' You know, the label was tough for me. I'm a poet. I was proud of that distinction between the two, not wanting to be the other.
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If your character is just out there acting a fool, viewers are gonna say, 'Why am I watching this?' But if he's whispering, 'I don't really want to die,' there's a level of vulnerability cemented in these bad characters.