Corey Hawkins Quotes
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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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You know how trends go with television. Next year, the networks might not be open to taking risks.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 live in New York.
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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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I grew up in D.C.
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I want longevity in this career.
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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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There's no wrong choice because, whatever you choose, that's meant for you.
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The idea of a new hero for a new day sang to me.
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Sometimes '24' can seem a little grand. Sometimes these things can seem a little outlandish.
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I think, in our darkest moments, you have to find the humor, and you have to find the lightness.
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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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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.