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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. "

Omari Hardwick

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" It's an interesting thing to play the heroes of our society, like cops and firefighters. They're the basic heroes that, as little boys and little girls, you look up to as the first heroes of your small, specific community. "

" For me, music was a cathartic way to free me from the nut of Ghost. After working on set for 'Power' for 14 hours, it allowed me to pour my sanity and insanity into the music. "

" Women are amazing lovers. "

" I'm always like, 'Well, let's not rest on a critical acclaim or on a incredible review or on a great reception.' "

Omari Hardwick

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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. "

" 'Dark Blue' was a really solid show, and it stopped at season two. "

" Sometimes my schedule doesn't allow time to go to the hotel after I get off the plane, so I bring my Freebird boots or my old school Adidas shell-toes to throw on after I land. "

" 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. "

" If I can just be thought of as Omari Hardwick who had a really, really solid career, and whose work is appreciated in its own right, I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind. "

" I think, by nature you know, I'm very attracted and I gravitate toward the very strong girl who can watch a ballgame, but who's also extremely feminine. "

" If reality shows are so popular, that means their viewers are screaming for more realness. "

" Actors are intelligent. Yet, many of them do not communicate well. That's what makes it so hard to have a relationship with one. "

" I know that Donald Trump is a smart man. "

" If I could remake any Eighties project, it would be less an action flick than a character-driven drama with a rich story to tell. "

" For me, I'm always looking for the opportunity for a character that challenges me and lets me play two for the price of one. "

Omari Hardwick

Challenges

Character

" I was at UGA playing with Champ Bailey and Hines Ward - both guys who will probably touch the Hall of Fame one day. "

" Women are so necessary for us in terms of support. "

Omari Hardwick

Women

Necessary

" I got in trouble for saying I would move my family to Europe, but I said it. "

" I tend to want to put my fingers over my ears and not hear all of that, not hear that there are so many fans. "

" I always have a backpack. I was a poet, so it reminds me of being a backpack poet. "

Omari Hardwick

Poet

Backpack

" I grew up in Decatur, Georgia. We had three boys in the household; actually, it felt like four of us. My pops sort of raised my uncle, too. So, it was four boys and, later, a younger sister. "

Omari Hardwick

Three

Georgia

" Some of the most amazing people I've met in life are cops. "

" 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. "

Omari Hardwick

City

Writing

" I'm a black Catholic raised in Decatur, Georgia, which was very gang-infested. Then, I went to an all-white private high school and excelled in sports and wrote poetry, then played football at the University of Georgia, minoring in drama. "

" I was going from Furman to the University of Georgia. I transferred to play football. "

" I didn't want to just do a show where my character stood out and other characters were flat or one-to-two-dimensional. I wanted everybody to have meat. "

" For me, I went from showering at the YMCA in L.A., eating chicken sandwiches and ramen noodles if lucky, and going from couch to couch. I'm a real story. I know the struggle. "

" I think Gil Scott-Heron is a king. He's a brilliant, broken king. "

" 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. "