78 Quotes by Michael K. Williams

God has blessed me. I've been given a lot. I'm at peace with myself. It's time to give back.

People misconstrue when I say I was a dancer. I was not classically trained. I was a street dancer, and I got to do what I did in the nightclubs of New York City.

People say they love the characters I've chosen in my career. But I didn't choose anything. I just happened to be working and these were offered to me.

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.

I don't consider myself a person of fashion because it's too sophisticated. My thing is I look at style like swagger. I like things that pull me, that I gravitate to.

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.

I have a very healthy appetite for good writing and good characters. Having weak writing is my biggest fear.

My job is to bring to life the character, not to put the words on the paper.

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.