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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Corey Hawkins

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

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

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

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

" I grew up in D.C. "

Corey Hawkins

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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.' "

" If you feel your rights are being abused by the authorities, and you don't say something, sometimes the cops don't know how far to take it. They have a hard job, but at the same time, I think it's just about educating yourself. "

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

" I like to surprise myself. I like to surprise my fans, too. "

Corey Hawkins

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" It's also crazy how Shakespeare has that cadence, and it's about locking into the jazz of the language, just like locking into the rhythm in N.W.A's lyrics. "

Corey Hawkins

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

" The only pressure, as an actor, is to step into Eric Carter's shoes and make him as fully and as complex and as flawed and as human as I could. "

" To be honest, sometimes you have to know your rights. "

" The rules of engagement are totally different when you're on the homefront. "

" I'm not going to lie to you: I'd prefer not to go to the gym and not to run. "

" 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! "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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 members of my family who are in the military. I have friends who are in the military. Classmates who served in the military. "

" 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. "

Corey Hawkins

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" I'm the guy coming from Juilliard. "

" The challenge is making sure that every single moment is honest, no matter what. It's doing Eric Carter justice. Not trying to fill Jack Bauer's shoes. Not trying to step into Kiefer's legacy. "

" I know the struggle - trust me. I know how hard it is for us to say 'no' to a lot of things that get offered. "

" Sometimes '24' can seem a little grand. Sometimes these things can seem a little outlandish. "

" In 2001, terrorism was fought in a completely different way. "

" If people don't connect to Eric Carter's struggles, I'm sure they'll find a character in this series to connect to. That's ultimately what it's about for me. "