Michael K. Williams poured himself into his biggest roles ... That f--k-the world attitude helped get me the part," he writes in PEOPLE's exclusive excerpt of the posthumous memoir, co-written ...

"He has issues, unresolved issues about himself that he was never able to explore," Michael K. Williams tells PEOPLE about his character Montrose WARNING: This post contains spoilers Michael K.

When I get there, he and his team were talking to me like I was ... Nobody was calling Michael in the streets. Everything was Omar, Omar, Omar. I mistook that admiration. It felt good.

Michael K. Williams was an actor known for his roles in The Wire, The Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire, Lovecraft Country, among other television shows and films. Inside needle-strewn block where The ...