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" I think Gil Scott-Heron is a king. He's a brilliant, broken king. "
Omari Hardwick
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" Craft is everything. "
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" I think the universe just brings people around others they find to be interesting. "
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" 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. "
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" I would say, as loving as I am... I am definitely an extremely temperamental man who has a very large temper. "
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" 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. "
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" I've been described as a smart actor because I've attended college. Or I've been called an artsy jock. And I am thinking, 'So, are actors supposed to be dumb?' "
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" Some of the most amazing people I've met in life are cops. "
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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'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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" 'Dark Blue' was a really solid show, and it stopped at season two. "
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