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" Sometimes my schedule doesn't allow time to go to the hotel after I get off the plane, so I bring my Freebird boots or my old school Adidas shell-toes to throw on after I land. "

Omari Hardwick

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Boots

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

Omari Hardwick

Been

Who

" 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. "

Omari Hardwick

City

Writing

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

" 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. "

" 'Dark Blue' was a really solid show, and it stopped at season two. "

" I found poetry at 12 and 13 and, lo and behold, learned that my attorney father had a background in poetry - as he wore dashikis and Afros in the '70s and named his kids Arabic names. He was a poet and a lot like The Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron and all of these folks. He definitely was an artist. "

" I think Gil Scott-Heron is a king. He's a brilliant, broken king. "

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

" I'm such a carnivorous researcher as an actor - I chew it up like it's meat, and I really don't know how to do that without the people that are producing or creating or writing that which they want me to chew up. "

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

Omari Hardwick

Good

I Think

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Actors are intelligent. Yet, many of them do not communicate well. That's what makes it so hard to have a relationship with one. "

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

Omari Hardwick

Women

Necessary

" It's rare for artists to really stare deeply at themselves in the mirror, literally, because there's constantly a mirror on you. "

" The way the recession has affected Hollywood, a lot of actors that had robust opportunities before in film no longer have such plum options, so cable has done a good job of becoming a happy medium for artists deemed film actors. "

" 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. "

" If your character is just out there acting a fool, viewers are gonna say, 'Why am I watching this?' But if he's whispering, 'I don't really want to die,' there's a level of vulnerability cemented in these bad characters. "

" Know that the tattoos are all significant. They're all extremely insignificant. I can't break each one down, but it's 20 years. The first one was 21 years of age from a football teammate. "

" 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 a 200-pound defensive back on Saturday, but after the season, I was performing 'Lysistrata' or 'Fences.' "

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

" I did 'Fences' off-broadway at the Beacon Theater, so it's amazing that Denzel Washington and Viola Davis brought it to Broadway. "

" Shoes make an outfit; they're like rims for a car. "

" 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.' "

" To make your own family is just the most empowering thing ever. It's the greatest thing you can ever pull off. "

" 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'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. "

" 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. "