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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. "

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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. "

Omari Hardwick

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

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

" I use Aveeno cleansers and moisturizers. "

Omari Hardwick

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

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

Omari Hardwick

Poet

Backpack

" I'm addicted to the hotel life. It's humbling and fly at the same time. "

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

" 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. "

" I always had an interest in telling stories. "

" Poetry is almost like my foundation for everything. I almost feel I am a better actor and writer because of it. "

" I've definitely had my moments in relationships where I've been able to say yes, I have been heartbroken, my heart has been broken. "

" When you start out on a project as an actor, you know, you approach the character from the standpoint of maybe writing a list - even if it's a mental list that you make - of the adjectives that the character has or that character possesses. "

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

" 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. "

" Real to Reel is a rare opportunity for new filmmakers to screen their work for industry insiders. "

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

Omari Hardwick

Women

Necessary

" 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. "

Omari Hardwick

Who

Because

" 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. "

" We are a total of our sum parts, right? I came from a family of very strong women - black women. And if I go back as far as my great grandmothers, there was always that love and the ability to be nurturing. Then I grew up in a household where my father was the one who was more affectionate with me. "

Omari Hardwick

Father

Family

" When it's all said and done, I am secure enough with my manhood to say to the world, 'I am a male actor, and its okay for me to play a gay man.' "

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

" Deciding to not attach ourselves to something that doesn't appropriately represent us is extremely powerful. "

Omari Hardwick

Ourselves

Powerful

" On 'Being Mary Jane,' I learned to embrace sex symbol. "

" Life as a poet and actor truly became full circle as I stood on stage as host of 'Verses & Flow' and lived in both of these outfits. It was one of the best experiences of my professional life. "

" The reality is our story and the way we love and our taste in clothing and everything else. And what we ambitiously feel we can be. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "