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" There were uncles in my life that definitely knew the street life. "

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" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" If I could remake any Eighties project, it would be less an action flick than a character-driven drama with a rich story to tell. "

" I don't think you really have chemistry in the way that you want between two actors unless frustration is there as well. "

" I use Aveeno cleansers and moisturizers. "

" I come from the stage, so I started in New York, lived there for eleven years. "

" 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 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'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. "

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

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

" I was at a ballpark as much as I was in school. I was on a basketball court or football field as much as I was in school, so I definitely was receiving mentorship when it came to coaches, my father, my grandfather, and my uncles. "

" I tend to want to put my fingers over my ears and not hear all of that, not hear that there are so many fans. "

" 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. "

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

" I think, by nature you know, I'm very attracted and I gravitate toward the very strong girl who can watch a ballgame, but who's also extremely feminine. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Playing a cop goes a long way. I have a lot of friends who are working as actors, and as soon as I started playing military characters or cops, and not the actual criminal that we're chasing on this show, they all said, 'You actually can have a career now.' "

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

" I think what's most important is family. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south. "