Corey Hawkins

“It's always weird when it comes to awards and awards season because how can you say that this performance is better than this performance? Art is so subjective.”

“To be honest, sometimes you have to know your rights.”

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

“I want longevity in this career.”

“I remember 'The Cosby Show,' but that was something completely different. Comedy. There was a lightness to it and a sort of unrealistic perfection.”

“Yes, I do feel a deep responsibility every time, every character, everything that I do.”

“I grew up singing, and I played on Broadway to thousands of people, you know what I mean?”

“You know how trends go with television. Next year, the networks might not be open to taking risks.”

“I like being the underdog.”

“I knew I wanted to be an artist early on, but I decided to seriously pursue the profession when I auditioned for Juilliard.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“In 2001, terrorism was fought in a completely different way.”

“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!”

“I have family that are vets of the military. My grandfather served as well.”

“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.”

“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.”

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