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My only goal is to stay focused on my craft and make sure my life is as sharp as it can be to attack any character that is given to me.

Michael K. Williams

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Michael K. Williams
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 22
Actor
Character Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
Television Actor
Brooklyn
New York
Michael Kenneth Williams
Michael Williams
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I know nothing of what it is to be a gangster.
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Music's been part of my entire life. It's in my DNA.
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I come to work on time. I focus on my job. I bust my scenes out and everything else kind of happens from there.
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My goal as an actor, as an up-and-coming actor in this business is to stay consistent with the work, you know, and if you do good work, and stay focused on the work, writers and directors will pay attention.
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My job is to bring to life the character, not to put the words on the paper.
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I'm totally comfortable today with the success that Omar and 'The Wire' have brought me - living with that character, being recognized and remembered for that character.
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I am a dark-skinned, nappy-headed, scar-faced dude from the streets of Brooklyn. I can't hide from being who I am. It's all over my face.
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Having been through the muck and mire, I've had my own brush with bad choices.
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I don't dabble in politics too much. I'm really ignorant to the world of politics. I'm not that smart, I'm not that cunning, it's just too much smoke and mirrors for me. I just don't want to play that game.
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For me, my past characters been hard, the way they died, being murdered, the sadness that goes around, the death. It's a very hard thing to do.
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My dancing came about as a way to be cool, actually. I knew early on that I was not a street kid. I didn't have the moxie, what it took to run the streets with the dudes that I grew up wanting to emulate. But I had a huge need to be accepted, so I found that I could be the party king. I did drugs really well, and I partied really well.
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