Michael K. Williams Quotes

Any time you're a type, your career's over.

I don't want to play fat cops for the rest of my life.

If you get your foot in the door doing one kind of part, that's the kind of role they call you for. I can't say I resent it - then I would resent my whole career.

I'm trying to solidify a long-term career, because I have no other skills and no other abilities.

I'm not qualified to do anything else. So there better be another job. I'm kind of stuck now. I'm enjoying my life and I'm enjoying my work, and I'm enjoying the fact that the work I'm doing is garnering some interest and that's great. I just hope that it continues.

I don't want to only play the leading man for the rest of my career.

I mean, there are times when you aren't working, but still believe that work will come.

I got 'slotted' and started getting offers similar to the role I had in 'Maryada.'

So the only things I was being allowed to audition for were small roles in comedies. It broke my heart. No one would see me for anything else. I knew, in order to open up my career, I had to leave or that's all I would ever be given.

I just feel incredibly lucky to be employed when there are so many actors and actresses who are not employed. That's why, you know, I sometimes feel desperate, in case I'm not going to be cast again.

At no point was my career under threat, so I always knew that I would get back into action.

In your career, you must be so careful; otherwise, you get caught in a particular image, and it's hard to break.

I'm happy with my career and I'm not going to have the trouble of being typecast.

Nobody asked you to flip burgers for the rest of your life.

The places I've worked in the past, I always stayed three years and moved on.

When I left 'Days of Our Lives,' I was like, 'I don't know if I'm ever working again. I'm going to do the best I can. If it happens, great. If not, well... it sucks for me.'

In America, people know there are always 10 people better than them who are after their job. In France, they know that too - but no one is going to get their job till they go to their grave.

I remember my brother Nash had just directed me in 'The Square,' and I was sitting in Australia going: 'No one's called me about working for ages. I don't know if I'm ever going to get another job.'

People have these ideas of what you're supposed to do to have a career, like play against type, or don't revisit a character. I'm just not that precious.

Five years is a long time to play one part.

The longer you're stuck in a position that doesn't truly challenge you, the less likely you'll be able to leave it. Inertia, in fact, is one of my worst fears.

When you first start out, you are just happy to get a job, any job. And as time goes on, either you move forward or screech to a halt.

You can take my job any time you’re ready.

I am now in a position to choose roles. I did not have so many offers before 'Queen,' but now things have changed a lot.

I think about work all the time. I was in my bathroom yesterday and thought, 'I could never work again.' I don't have a job lined up right now - what if I never get another one?