A biography for Diego Klattenhoffhasn’t been written yet.
“To be an actor wasn't something that seemed realistic. I started late; I was about 19.”
“I worked at this great Toronto bar, Indian Motorcycle. I started off as the grunt. I was the guy who cleaned up the puke and the ashtrays and the garbage. Worked in front from four in the afternoon until four in the morning.”
“I'm going for that Mark Wahlberg look. Strong and confident.”
“It's all about learning your craft and honing it in and really paying attention to people who are doing it and what their advice is. It's like anything: it takes years and years and years. A lot of it comes down to work ethic.”
“I got two older brothers and two younger sisters, and we grew up in the country, and we were a little feral. So as long as the car didn't end up in the rhubarb and you didn't get caught for doing whatever you were doing, you were fine.”
“I'm a jeans, T-shirt, boots kind of guy.”
“Cardio is boring for me, so running outside helps to keep me going.”
“I can't tell you how good it is to go from 'Homeland' to be lucky enough to find 'The Blacklist' at the right time. It literally came at the very end of pilot season when I thought there was nothing left.”
“In Nova Scotia, there are some definite down-home accents, and it's funny because you can go to Sydney, and one guy is from North Sydney, and you can't understand a thing he's saying, or Glace Bay or wherever.”
“I seem to - knock on wood - land on my feet and work, but you can never get too comfortable, and that's kind of a good thing.”
“In Canada, the only weapons you have are for hunting.”
“I moved away when I was young, when I was about 19. I'd literally come from an area with dirt roads and stuff like that, right to the centre of a city of about five million people. It's been great. I'm based in New York, and every day, it's amazing.”
“Whether it's an FBI agent or a maid, if they want me to wear a pink tutu, I might have a few questions, but I'll wear it for the sake of the story.”
“I would love to go off and do a movie with Judd Apatow or do another 'Mean Girls,' but to me, it's whatever the story is.”
“Luckily, I had that experience on 'Homeland,' to work with these unreal people who are unbelievably talented, great actors.”
“Cable is a great medium. It's something I respond to. I'm not doing sitcoms. People don't find me funny. That's just the way it is.”
“You are always drawing from your personal life and using your imagination to fill in the blanks.”