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

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" 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. "

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" I kept on hearing the voice of God saying if you are going to be the minister that your mom mentioned... then you have to act. My pulpit is acting. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" I would say that the woman's ability to multi-task and to be maternal in instinct, it fosters a different approach to the character that makes sense as an actor. "

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

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

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

" I use Aveeno cleansers and moisturizers. "

" 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. "

" Women are amazing lovers. "

" I would say, as loving as I am... I am definitely an extremely temperamental man who has a very large temper. "

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

" 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. "

" I always had an interest in telling stories. "

" I realized, 'Oh, it's easier to get what I want if I embrace the sex symbol thing.' Microphones are more in my face, and I can say things about the kids that I mentor and open more access to more doors. "

" 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?' "

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

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

" I don't make a big deal out of playing football at UGA to people who have interviewed me. "

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

" 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. "

" 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'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. "