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

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

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

" 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 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" It's also crazy how Shakespeare has that cadence, and it's about locking into the jazz of the language, just like locking into the rhythm in N.W.A's lyrics. "

" 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. "

" You know how trends go with television. Next year, the networks might not be open to taking risks. "

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

" 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 have members of my family who are in the military. I have friends who are in the military. Classmates who served in the military. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Heading out to L.A., doing this acting thing. You can't rest on your laurels out there. You finish a film, you don't know how it's going to do. You're talking about that next job, usually. "

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

" I live in New York. "

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

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I grew up in D.C. "

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