Corey Hawkins Quotes
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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.
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You read things, and they come to you, and if they speak to you at the moment and there's a voice in you that says, 'I don't know, that's risky,' or 'That's challenging,' then do it. Run at it and tackle it. And if it's bad, it's bad. You're gonna get over it.
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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.
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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 want longevity in this career.
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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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I live in New York.
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I grew up in D.C.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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You know how trends go with television. Next year, the networks might not be open to taking risks.
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The idea of a new hero for a new day sang to me.
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There's no wrong choice because, whatever you choose, that's meant for you.
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Sometimes '24' can seem a little grand. Sometimes these things can seem a little outlandish.
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The only pressure, as an actor, is to step into Eric Carter's shoes and make him as fully and as complex and as flawed and as human as I could.
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When it comes to the awards and everything, and the press, the publicity, this is all icing on the cake to me.
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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.