Our criminal justice system has swallowed up too many people I love. I am proud to join the ACLU in the fight… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
People say they love the characters I've chosen in my career. But I didn't choose anything. I just happened to be working… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
I grew in a community where I saw the process of how one becomes a drug dealer or a gang banger or… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
I use my job to engage empathy and compassion for people society might stereotype or ostricise. — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
The most successful people reach the top not because they are free of limitations, but because they act in spite of their… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
Our criminal justice system has swallowed up too many people I love. — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
I don't believe in typecasting. Just because all my characters may come from the other side of the tracks doesn't mean they… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
People misconstrue when I say I was a dancer. I was not classically trained. I was a street dancer, and I got… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
I am the epitome of the underdog. By societies standards I should have been dead a long time ago, and I was nobody's gangster,… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
My job is to bring to life the character, not to put the words on the paper. — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
Our criminal justice system has swallowed up too many people I love. I am proud to join the ACLU in the fight to make… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
Writers will see your work and want to try you in different things but I think you have to stay true to your vehicle.… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
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… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
My thing is to gain the respect as an actor, as a professional, and the friendship and everything else will happen from there. — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
I'm totally comfortable today with the success that Omar and 'The Wire' have brought me - living with that character, being recognized and remembered… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
My goal is to end mass incarceration and change the laws to stop locking up low-level, nonviolent drug charges. Stop charging drug addicts as… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
