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
For me, I'm always looking for the opportunity for a character that challenges me and lets me play two for the price of one.
You know, I think anybody who has been in relationships has access to heartbreak - I don't think we have to go far to find it, whether we inflicted the heartbreak or whether we were the recipient of it.
As an African-American male born with a couple of strikes against you because of your skin color, I think it's very, very important to have some positive role models around, especially male influences.
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.
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.
