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" I always go into a character thinking, 'If it scares me, I can do it.' "

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" I worked on the workshop of 'Topdog/Underdog' before it went to Broadway. My minor in school was theater, so I'm based in that, and then I moved to Los Angeles. "

" 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'm not shutting myself off from kids; I'm remaining open to kids and the energy that they bring. "

" I'd done 'Peter Pan' in a little pre-K class or whatever. "

" Acting is the art of being and existing, and not being fake. "

" You know, I think anybody who has been in relationships has access to heartbreak - I don't think we have to go far to find it, whether we inflicted the heartbreak or whether we were the recipient of it. "

" I don't think you really have chemistry in the way that you want between two actors unless frustration is there as well. "

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

" Women are amazing lovers. "

" I come from the stage, so I started in New York, lived there for eleven years. "

" 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. "

" My dad was really complex, and I was raised by that. My mom is really bright - very book bright - and so those things collide... I learned that I could put all of that stuff together in the world of acting, and I could make a dollar at it. "

" 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 always had an interest in telling stories. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I have very much been a guy who's acknowledged how many women have directed me, have produced... it's been unbelievable. "

" I've approached every character I've ever played with a poem, first and foremost. "

" I think actors make for very good directors, and I would like to do that one day. "

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" I would honestly say I'm in the turtle's race. My journey is a marathon. "

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

" I think I'm an athlete who's trained as an actor, and when you smash it all together, you get whatever Omari is doing as a performer right now. "

" I was raised looking at women who were strong, and they weren't really into playing race cards or playing gender cards. I didn't grow up around women who were like, 'Well, let the boys do that, and let the girls do that.' I didn't really see that in my house. "

" 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. "