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The Wire' is very realistic and based on real events.
Michael K. Williams
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Michael K. Williams
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 22
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Michael Kenneth Williams
Michael Williams
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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 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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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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I'm looking for diversity, all my characters may or may not be on the wrong side of the tracks. It doesn't mean that they're all the same.
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Ending a television character that you've been, especially someone like Omar Little, it hurts. For me, it's a huge thing. You feel like a part of you is gone.
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I'm good with all my roles, I've never had a bad role.
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I don't believe in typecasting. Just because all my characters may come from the other side of the tracks doesn't mean they are all the same. You don't stereotype people and generalize people, everyone's different.
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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.
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You know, my childhood was pretty colorful I like to use the word turbulent.
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Revenge is not a positive state of mind or energy to indulge your self in.
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No one wakes up one day and decides they want to become a drug dealer or they want to be a stick-up kid. Those decisions are made after a series of events have happened in one's life.
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I grew in a community where I saw the process of how one becomes a drug dealer or a gang banger or a stick-up kid. There's a series of events that happen. People don't just wake up and decide they wanna be that.
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I know plenty of adults who act like teenagers.
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Addiction is a health issue, not a social issue, not a crime, not a legal issue.
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Our criminal justice system has swallowed up too many people I love.
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I haven't had a problem with being typecast, but if I was only getting one type of role, I wouldn't mind. What I'm worried about is not working.
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I do happen to love Honey Nut Cheerios. I don't know if I want to walk down to the store in my pajamas for them. But I do love them.
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Music's been part of my entire life. It's in my DNA.
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I know nothing of what it is to be a gangster.
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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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