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. Omari Hardwick Read Quote
People are fond of that ‘crabs in a barrel’ mentality, and I’m like, ‘No, there needs to be more so we can create more barrels; there doesn’t need to be one barrel.’ Omari Hardwick Read Quote
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.’ Omari Hardwick Read Quote
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. Omari Hardwick Read Quote
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!’ Omari Hardwick Read Quote
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. Omari Hardwick Read Quote
