15 Quotes & Sayings By Omari Hardwick

Omari Hardwick is an actor who is best known for his roles in the series, The Shield, CSI:NY, and Prison Break. Omari Hardwick was born in Queens, New York. His parents are African American. He is the youngest of four siblings Read more

He is also the nephew of actress Tatyana Ali.

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A powerful person is equally cool with their flaws and things that aren't powerful about them at all. Omari Hardwick
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That point of life when I learned I could cook, that always made me understand what cooks felt like feeding other people. It's okay to receive, but it's really cool to give, so food is to me sexy because it's the fact that someone is giving it to someone else. Omari Hardwick
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I really had a problem with being 'the man.' I'm past it now, but that was my insecurity. I ran from that. I was cool with being No. 3 on the call sheet or No. 2. Omari Hardwick
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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. Omari Hardwick
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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. Omari Hardwick
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Some of the most amazing people I've met in life are cops. Omari Hardwick
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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. Omari Hardwick
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Shoes make an outfit they're like rims for a car. Omari Hardwick
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You know how you can be romantic? You can be romantic by going to a beautiful setting, sitting on a park bench, and getting good ole-fashioned golden arches, a.k.a. McDonald's. That's probably the best I can do romantically. Omari Hardwick
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Poetry has, in a way, been my bridge to my acting career. 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
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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
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That's the thing with me being a former athlete: in the way I attack characters and attack poetry is from the base of being an athlete. Omari Hardwick
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Poetry is almost like my foundation for everything. I almost feel I am a better actor and writer because of it. Omari Hardwick