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" Growing up, we never got to see a hero who didn't have superpowers who looked like us, that you could kind of look to and say, 'I could be that guy one day. I could be a patriot. I could be a soldier. I could work in the government and be a hero.' "

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Rhythm

How

" I remember 'The Cosby Show,' but that was something completely different. Comedy. There was a lightness to it and a sort of unrealistic perfection. "

" I think, in our darkest moments, you have to find the humor, and you have to find the lightness. "

" When somebody says, 'Do you want to play Dr. Dre in a movie?' I mean, how do you respond to that? My initial response was 'no' because I don't think I can do it ,and I don't want to be the one to mess it up! "

" The only thing that I know how to do as an actor, as a trained actor, is you can't villainize the character you're playing. Whether it's a fictional character or a real character. Because then you operate from that sort of negative point of view, and you can't humanize him. "

" I live in New York. "

" I had my foot in both worlds. I knew what I didn't want, and so I had to make a choice, just like N.W.A. made choices. "

" Even before I was working off-Broadway, there were lots of different TV shows that I would actually say 'no' to, and my agents would be like, 'Are you crazy?' but they stuck with me because they know the kind of things that excite me. "

" While I was filming 'Kong' - and I don't play a very capable Army Ranger in 'Kong'; I play a completely different character - but we had a lot of Army Rangers there, former Army Rangers, and Navy SEALs, who were working on the movie with us for the other characters, for the Army guys in the movie. "

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Navy

" On '24,' you don't have time to emote and deal with stuff, because stuff just keeps happening. Every other minute, there's something crazy that's happening that's threatening this country. "

" I have the most utmost respect for the men and women overseas, and I only played a soldier on television. Again, I can only imagine the sacrifices that they make every single day. "

" I like doing things that people wouldn't necessarily think I can do. "

Corey Hawkins

Doing

I Can

" Heading out to L.A., doing this acting thing. You can't rest on your laurels out there. You finish a film, you don't know how it's going to do. You're talking about that next job, usually. "

" What everyone loved about '24' is still there - the clock, the tick, the lean-in factor, the pacing. "

" When it comes to the awards and everything, and the press, the publicity, this is all icing on the cake to me. "

" You know how trends go with television. Next year, the networks might not be open to taking risks. "

" I got to pick the mind of a genius, and I realized why he was a genius. And I realized the man behind the veil or whatever you want to call it. Do you know what I mean? I got to see what makes Dr. Dre Dr. Dre, and I got to interpret that. It's hard to put it into words, so the only thing I know how to do is put it on the screen. "

" I like being a chameleon and doing things that are just so different that people will be like, 'Oh, that's him?' "

" Sometimes, as actors, we feel like we want to hold on and control where a character goes. "

" In television, to be a hero and look like I look, that really stuck with me. "

Corey Hawkins

Television

Look

" I grew up in D.C. "

Corey Hawkins

Grew

" There's good cops and bad cops, and the good cops have to hold the bad cops accountable. We have to hold the bad cops accountable, too. "

" Sometimes you just need to raise your voice. And sometimes a little anger is necessary, to be honest. "

" I'm having way too much fun on 'The Walking Dead.' "

" There's no wrong choice because, whatever you choose, that's meant for you. "

" So you want to take the risk, and you want to step out there; you do it because that's what we have to do as actors. And sometimes in TV, it becomes big, and it becomes about the entertainment, but also, we have to focus in on the work. "

" If the challenge wasn't there, there's no reason to say 'yes' to the role. "

" The idea of a new hero for a new day sang to me. "

" I prefer to do in-person interviews, but it's all a part of the job, and I love talking about these movies so much. "

" We work so hard on our craft, and once we get out of Duke Ellington, there are not going to be people looking for technique. I worry about that a lot. "