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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

" It can't be all serious at all times. "

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

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Television

Look

" The tension between the Capulets and the Montagues is like a gang rivalry, and that has everything to do with Compton. "

" 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 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 know that people get cast based on how they look in Hollywood. "

" I live in New York. "

" With '24: Legacy,' there are a lot of people who are super-excited about the show. But there are a lot of people who are very skeptical. "

" I grew up singing, and I played on Broadway to thousands of people, you know what I mean? "

" 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. "

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Things

Challenge

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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Focus

Long

" 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. "

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

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Too

Fans

" Eric Carter is a more raw, more emotional protagonist. He's a bit of an Everyman. "

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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! "

" I didn't grow up seeing faces of patriots, emotional and raw and gritty, who looked like me. "

Corey Hawkins

Seeing

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Nothing's out of the realm. I think '24' has always keyed into that. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm so OCD about prep work and learning lines and stuff. "