Community Quote by Michael K. Williams

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…

— Michael K. Williams

Anyone who grew up in the crack era - you know, I grew up in that era - knew that there were also people…

— Mahershala Ali

I came to the U.S. to have opportunities. I saw a lot of people in gangs. I just didn't understand that - you live…

— apl.de.ap

Me wanting a gang member to have a different life would never be the same as that gang member wanting to have one.

— Greg Boyle

When you're a kid and you see gangsters living the life, you kind of want to be like that.

— Jaume Collet-Serra

As long as I could remember I always wanted to be a gangster.

— Henry Hill

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

— Anonymous

Many kids turn to selling drugs. It's not a good career choice, but they see it as a way to get money.

— Richard Harris

I think the gangster way to do it is to go out on your own, build up your own thing, and then have people…

— Ti West

If young people had love, hope, true education, the arts, full and meaningful lives they won’t join gangs. My life since living the gang…

— Luis J. Rodriguez

It's like running away to join the circus, everyone wants to do it when they're young but then you grow up and get a…

— Katie McGrath

There's a certain type of person drawn to the gangster world, and they're generally young men who were predisposed to violence and risk-taking, who…

— Terence Winter