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" 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. "

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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. "

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" We are a diverse people, man. "

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" 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.' "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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" 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. "

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" 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! "

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