Corey Hawkins Quotes
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I know that people get cast based on how they look in Hollywood.
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I knew I wanted to be an artist early on, but I decided to seriously pursue the profession when I auditioned for Juilliard.
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I know the struggle - trust me. I know how hard it is for us to say 'no' to a lot of things that get offered.
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Yes, I do feel a deep responsibility every time, every character, everything that I do.
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I like being the underdog.
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It can't be all serious at all times.
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To be honest, sometimes you have to know your rights.
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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.
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I like being a chameleon and doing things that are just so different that people will be like, 'Oh, that's him?'
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In 2001, terrorism was fought in a completely different way.
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I have family that are vets of the military. My grandfather served as well.
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I'm so OCD about prep work and learning lines and stuff.
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Sometimes you just need to raise your voice. And sometimes a little anger is necessary, to be honest.
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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.
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Even before I was working off-Broadway, there were lots of different TV shows that I would actually say 'no' to, and my agents would be like, 'Are you crazy?' but they stuck with me because they know the kind of things that excite me.
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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.
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I got to pick the mind of a genius, and I realized why he was a genius. And I realized the man behind the veil or whatever you want to call it. Do you know what I mean? I got to see what makes Dr. Dre Dr. Dre, and I got to interpret that. It's hard to put it into words, so the only thing I know how to do is put it on the screen.
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Nothing's out of the realm. I think '24' has always keyed into that.
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I like to surprise myself. I like to surprise my fans, too.
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I didn't grow up seeing faces of patriots, emotional and raw and gritty, who looked like me.
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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.
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We are a diverse people, man.
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Eric Carter is a more raw, more emotional protagonist. He's a bit of an Everyman.
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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.