Diego Klattenhoff

“I grew up in Nova Scotia, so there weren't a whole lot of rules.”

“People didn't stop me before for a guest spot that I did on 'Smallville.' Nothing against 'Smallville,' but people didn't freak out in traffic to tell me they love my show.”

“Charlotte is a very interesting place - I'm Canadian, but I've lived in Toronto, Vancouver, and I've been living here in L.A. for years.”

“A lot of people are attracted to the acting profession because they think it's a cheap, easy, free ride. It really isn't.”

“For years, I did whatever I could just to pay the bills and gain experience and work with as many different people as I could.”

“I don't know - to be honest, I don't really model myself after anybody.”

“I've been really fortunate to be associated with all these great shows.”

“I'm extremely patriotic. I'll always be Canadian.”

“You have to get the casting right. You have to get the people behind it. Your director might not be the right director for the project. And then, it has to test and those people in that room, wherever they are, have to turn those buttons the right way at the right time.”

“I grew up working on farms. You'd do anything for money. You'd pick blueberries in the summertime for weeks; you'd cut down, like, spruce and fir trees for pulp.”

“I'm not one of these actors who's out of touch with reality, put it that way.”

“You're always just trying to create opportunities and be ready when those opportunities present themselves. I can't look at anybody and think 'I want to be Damian Lewis' - I'd be setting myself up for failure.”

“There's two sides to the sword. It's like, for as many people that love you, there's all the people out there who hate you.”

“I'm so happy with 'The Blacklist.' Give me more people to shoot and throw them off buildings.”

“I'm from a very, very rural place. There's really nobody out there, just roads and farms.”

“I played a really good guy for two years on 'Homeland,' and I was champing at the bit to play a bad guy.”

“You put on the military outfit, and it definitely tightens everything up and makes you stand up straighter.”

“I'd like to get back home to Nova Scotia more, but thankfully, with technology you can call and text and FaceTime. But physically being in Toronto or Nova Scotia... there's nothing like it.”

“People are amazed that I'm Canadian and I don't have this crazy accent.”

“I grew up playing hockey and baseball, so I wish I had time to get back into it, but living in L.A. and North Carolina, you have to take advantage of the golf.”