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" I feel immensely blessed - not just that I'm working, but that I'm working on projects that I really care about and like. I've always been that way. "

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" 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! "

" 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. "

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

" Yes, I do feel a deep responsibility every time, every character, everything that I do. "

" 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. "

" I'm a very private guy, so it's an adjustment for me, but a welcomed one, as long as the work remains the focus. "

" I knew I wanted to be an artist early on, but I decided to seriously pursue the profession when I auditioned for Juilliard. "

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" 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. "

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

" I want longevity in this career. "

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

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

" My mother's a police officer, so there was only so much trouble I could get myself into. But my father grew up on the other side. "

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

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

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" I have family that are vets of the military. My grandfather served as well. "

" I live in New York. "

" 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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" The thing with '24' is that because it moves so much, it's a challenge, and sometimes things get revealed about these characters as you go. "

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