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Omari Hardwick

Omari Hardwick

American Actor

Born: Jan 9, 1974

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

Car Shoes Outfit Like Make

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. Omari Hardwick

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. Omari Hardwick

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I was definitely a Daddy's boy. Omari Hardwick

Definitely Boy Daddy

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

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Craft is everything. Omari Hardwick

Everything Craft

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. Omari Hardwick

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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. Omari Hardwick

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Poetry has, in a way, been my bridge to my acting career. Omari Hardwick

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As a poet, I would always hear emcees come up to me and say, 'Yo, you should rap,' and I was like, 'No.' You know, the label was tough for me. I'm a poet. I was proud of that distinction between the two, not wanting to be the other. Omari Hardwick

I use Aveeno cleansers and moisturizers. Omari Hardwick

Use

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

Broken Brilliant King Think He

I'd done 'Peter Pan' in a little pre-K class or whatever. Omari Hardwick

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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. Omari Hardwick

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

Think Joe About Most Been Person Ear

I always had an interest in telling stories. Omari Hardwick

Telling Had Always Stories Interest

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. Omari Hardwick

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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. Omari Hardwick

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

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