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" I grew up in Nova Scotia, so there weren't a whole lot of rules. "
Diego Klattenhoff
Up
Rules
Nova Scotia
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" I moved away when I was young, when I was about 19. I'd literally come from an area with dirt roads and stuff like that, right to the centre of a city of about five million people. It's been great. I'm based in New York, and every day, it's amazing. "
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" Cable is a great medium. It's something I respond to. I'm not doing sitcoms. People don't find me funny. That's just the way it is. "
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" I grew up playing hockey and baseball, so I wish I had time to get back into it, but living in L.A. and North Carolina, you have to take advantage of the golf. "
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" Luckily, I had that experience on 'Homeland,' to work with these unreal people who are unbelievably talented, great actors. "
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" Cardio is boring for me, so running outside helps to keep me going. "
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" A lot of people are attracted to the acting profession because they think it's a cheap, easy, free ride. It really isn't. "
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" I don't know - to be honest, I don't really model myself after anybody. "
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" For years, I did whatever I could just to pay the bills and gain experience and work with as many different people as I could. "
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" I'm not one of these actors who's out of touch with reality, put it that way. "
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" I grew up working on farms. You'd do anything for money. You'd pick blueberries in the summertime for weeks; you'd cut down, like, spruce and fir trees for pulp. "
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" You're always just trying to create opportunities and be ready when those opportunities present themselves. I can't look at anybody and think 'I want to be Damian Lewis' - I'd be setting myself up for failure. "
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" You are always drawing from your personal life and using your imagination to fill in the blanks. "
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" I got two older brothers and two younger sisters, and we grew up in the country, and we were a little feral. So as long as the car didn't end up in the rhubarb and you didn't get caught for doing whatever you were doing, you were fine. "
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Country
You
" You put on the military outfit, and it definitely tightens everything up and makes you stand up straighter. "
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Military
Stand Up
" In Canada, the only weapons you have are for hunting. "
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Only
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" I'm from a very, very rural place. There's really nobody out there, just roads and farms. "
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" I worked at this great Toronto bar, Indian Motorcycle. I started off as the grunt. I was the guy who cleaned up the puke and the ashtrays and the garbage. Worked in front from four in the afternoon until four in the morning. "
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Great
" Charlotte is a very interesting place - I'm Canadian, but I've lived in Toronto, Vancouver, and I've been living here in L.A. for years. "
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Place
Toronto
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" There's two sides to the sword. It's like, for as many people that love you, there's all the people out there who hate you. "
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Two
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People
" I'm so happy with 'The Blacklist.' Give me more people to shoot and throw them off buildings. "
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Off
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Happy
" It's all about learning your craft and honing it in and really paying attention to people who are doing it and what their advice is. It's like anything: it takes years and years and years. A lot of it comes down to work ethic. "
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" I'm going for that Mark Wahlberg look. Strong and confident. "
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