"My goal as an actor, as an up-and-coming actor in this business is to stay consistent with the work and if you do good work, and stay focused on the work, writers and directors will pay attention."

-- Michael K. Williams

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“The man who seeks to please God is the man who people are pleased with. The man who seeks to please others won't satisfy anyone.”
“A troubled life beats having no life at all”
“I'd like to die listening to a piece of music. I imagine this as so easy, so natural, but naturally it's quite impossible. Notes stab too softly. The wounds they leave behind may smart, but they don't fester. Melancholy and pain trickle out instead of blood. When the notes cease, all is peaceful within me again.”

Source : Robert Walser (1990). “Masquerade and other stories”, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
“The love of dress is very marked in this attractive animal; he is proud of the lustre of his coat, and cannot endure that a hair of it shall lie the wrong way. When the cat has eaten, he passes his tongue several times over both sides of his jaws, and his whiskers, in order to clean them thoroughly; he keeps his coat clean with a prickly tongue which fulfills the office of the curry-comb.”

Source : Champfleury (1885). “The Cat, Past and Present”
“People don't understand rural America. Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because of a lack of opportunity in rural America. I believe that's because if you grow up in rural America, you know you can't just keep taking from the land. You've got to give something back.”
“To me, a lot of what makes a good actor is not what a teacher tells you to do but how you respond when youre on your own.”

Source : "All in the Timing". Interview with Scott Proudfit, www.backstage.com. February 21, 2001.
“Though I sit down now, thetime will come whenyou will hear me.”
“The beautiful thing about baseball is that anything can happen. It's like life in that way. As soon as you think you have it all figured out, something happens that makes you realize - you know nothing. The only thing that's guaranteed is that it will be an exciting ride.”

Source : "A Flow Of Playfulness: An Interview With Laniakea". Interview with Russell Cuzner, thequietus.com. September 14, 2016.

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