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

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" 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. "

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

" I remember seeing the first episode of '24' when I was 13, and to be that face for a 13-year-old and open up that possibility, it shows you the world isn't on fire. There's possibility there. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" It's always weird when it comes to awards and awards season because how can you say that this performance is better than this performance? Art is so subjective. "

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

" 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. "

" I want longevity in this career. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "