“When you start out on a project as an actor, you know, you approach th...” — Omari Hardwick Quote

When you start out on a project as an actor, you know, you approach the character from the standpoint of maybe writing a list - even if it's a mental list that you make - of the adjectives that the character has or that character possesses.

I would say that the woman's ability to multi-task and to be maternal in instinct, it fosters a different approach to the character that makes sense as an actor.

That's the thing with me being a former athlete: in the way I attack characters and attack poetry is from the base of being an athlete.

I don't make a big deal out of playing football at UGA to people who have interviewed me.

A memoir is my version of events. My perspective. I choose what to tell and what to omit. I choose the adjectives to describe a situation, and in that sense, I'm creating a form of fiction.

I think my mistakes were kind of common - leaning on cliches and adjectives in the place of clear, vivid writing. But at least I knew how to spell, which seems to be a rarity these days.

I've really tried to strip my writing of as many adjectives and adverbs as I possibly can.

I want to have an epic life. I want to tell my life with big adjectives. I want to forget all the grays in between, and remember the highlights and the dark moments.