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

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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