Michael K. Williams, in 2011 Interview, Got Real About His Scar, Struggles and Salvation: “There’s No Words to Say How Fortunate I Am”

On June 10, 2011, shortly after the first season of the HBO drama series Boardwalk Empire finished rolling out, journalist Scott Feinberg — who would join The Hollywood Reporter later that year — met up at the Five Leaves Diner in Brooklyn with one of the stars of the show, Michael Kenneth Williams. Their raw hourlong conversation touched upon Williams’ “turbulent” childhood, the incident on his 25th birthday that left him with his facial scar, his struggles with drugs, how acting saved him, how he would like to be remembered and more. 10 years later, on the tragic occasion of ......