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" I'll just put it this way: I've struggled enough as a working actor - and, most of the times, a not working actor - to know that anytime you are working is a blessing. "

Corey Hawkins

You

Blessing

Enough

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Too

Fans

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

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

Corey Hawkins

Doing

I Can

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

" 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. "

Corey Hawkins

Things

Challenge

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We are a diverse people, man. "

" I'm having way too much fun on 'The Walking Dead.' "

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

" 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. "

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

" I live in New York. "

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

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

" 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. "

" To be honest, sometimes you have to know your rights. "

" I'm the guy coming from Juilliard. "

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

" I prefer to do in-person interviews, but it's all a part of the job, and I love talking about these movies so much. "

" 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. "

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

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

Corey Hawkins

Raw

Protagonist

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

Corey Hawkins

Seeing