Omari Hardwick Quotes
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'Dark Blue' was a really solid show, and it stopped at season two.
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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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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.
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Real to Reel is a rare opportunity for new filmmakers to screen their work for industry insiders.
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Women are so necessary for us in terms of support.
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I've been writing for years, you know, and when I get to a particular place, city, or different locale, I find myself first of all being challenged by those that love me to write more.
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I'm safe where I'm at just being the guy where people go, 'That's a really good actor. What's his name again?' I liked being at that place.
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I think what's most important is family.
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When I think about the person who's been most in my ear, it's Joe Dumars.
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I'm really nerdy, and I read a lot.
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You can't look at the dollar and say, 'I'm not what I dreamed of being unless I do this type of movie and it's a blockbuster that gives me this amount of dollars.' That's not good.
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For a long time, I had been very secretive about a lot of the things I'd been through personally, and a lot of that is purposeful. My fan base, for the large part, is the younger generation. They're like, 'I want to know everything! I want to know it all!'
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If you remain open to great directors who look like you, who know what they're doing and are making impactful films that are destroying these 'blockbuster films,' you can do okay, and everybody can get more of a piece of the pie. But you've got to be open and brave.
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I always have a backpack. I was a poet, so it reminds me of being a backpack poet.
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Like anybody who grew up in the Eighties, I cringe at the thought of these movies being remade, because of the corniness and cheesiness of the originals.
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Poetry has, in a way, been my bridge to my acting career.
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I'm always like, 'Well, let's not rest on a critical acclaim or on a incredible review or on a great reception.'
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To make your own family is just the most empowering thing ever. It's the greatest thing you can ever pull off.
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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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What we have as artists is the immortalization opportunity that others don't have, because our work is lasting; it's there forever to view.
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Actors are intelligent. Yet, many of them do not communicate well. That's what makes it so hard to have a relationship with one.
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I got in trouble for saying I would move my family to Europe, but I said it.
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I come from the stage, so I started in New York, lived there for eleven years.
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I don't think there's a fan out there who hasn't had a family member or known someone personally who's been in the midst of divorce - perhaps not necessarily gotten the divorce or executed it, or perhaps they have - and still, in many cases, they found themselves back with the person that they were married to.