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" 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. "

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Omari Hardwick

Job

Good

Opportunities

" Women are amazing lovers. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm really nerdy, and I read a lot. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" When I think about the person who's been most in my ear, it's Joe Dumars. "

" As an actor, I come to set, and I have already broken the character down by writing a poem about the character. I try to write in his voice, the way he would write it. "

" You can't look at the dollar and say, 'I'm not what I dreamed of being unless I do this type of movie and it's a blockbuster that gives me this amount of dollars.' That's not good. "

" 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 think 'Dark Blue' came to me while I was doing a project in London. I read it, and the character immediately popped out at me. "

" 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

" That's the thing with me being a former athlete: in the way I attack characters and attack poetry is from the base of being an athlete. "

Omari Hardwick

Athlete

Being

" 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. "

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

" You don't go to church and tell the choir how to sing if you're a visitor. "

Omari Hardwick

Tell

Church

" 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. "

" For a long time, I had been very secretive about a lot of the things I'd been through personally, and a lot of that is purposeful. My fan base, for the large part, is the younger generation. They're like, 'I want to know everything! I want to know it all!' "

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

" 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. "

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

Omari Hardwick

Ourselves

Powerful

" So many athletes who have been close to me have been everything to me. "

Omari Hardwick

Been

Who

" 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. "

" I was trying to pay the bills with poems, and it was easy to memorize my poems, because I'd be riding my bike in California trying to memorize them before going on stage at a poetry lounge. "

" I think the universe just brings people around others they find to be interesting. "

" 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. "

" I grew up in a two-parent household. We all played sports, all sports, which cost a lot of money. My pops was an attorney; he went to College of the Holy Cross with Clarence Thomas. My mom worked a bit, then gradually came home and took care of us full time. "