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" 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. "

Corey Hawkins

You

Think

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

Corey Hawkins

Television

Look

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

" 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. "

" I'm tired of seeing people dying every day; I'm tired of seeing people go to jail for nothing. "

Corey Hawkins

Tired

People

" 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 grew up in D.C. "

Corey Hawkins

Grew

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

" I like doing things that people wouldn't necessarily think I can do. "

Corey Hawkins

Doing

I Can

" I want longevity in this career. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

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

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

Corey Hawkins

Too

Fans

" 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. "

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

" 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

Play

Navy

" 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. "

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

" I live in New York. "

" We are a diverse people, man. "

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

Corey Hawkins

Serious

Times

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