Corey Hawkins Quotes

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.

- Corey Hawkins

Work, Worry, Going, Duke

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.

- Corey Hawkins

Doing, Making, Sure, Eric

Even before I was working off-Broadway, there were lots of different TV shows that I would actually say 'no' to, and my agents would be like, 'Are you crazy?' but they stuck with me because they know the kind of things that excite me.

- Corey Hawkins

Before, TV, TV Shows, Excite

The only thing that I know how to do as an actor, as a trained actor, is you can't villainize the character you're playing. Whether it's a fictional character or a real character. Because then you operate from that sort of negative point of view, and you can't humanize him.

- Corey Hawkins

Point Of View, Him, Trained, Fictional

I want longevity in this career.

- Corey Hawkins

Career, Want, Longevity

I have the most utmost respect for the men and women overseas, and I only played a soldier on television. Again, I can only imagine the sacrifices that they make every single day.

- Corey Hawkins

Again, Imagine, Sacrifices, Utmost Respect

While I was filming 'Kong' - and I don't play a very capable Army Ranger in 'Kong'; I play a completely different character - but we had a lot of Army Rangers there, former Army Rangers, and Navy SEALs, who were working on the movie with us for the other characters, for the Army guys in the movie.

- Corey Hawkins

Play, Other, Very, Seals

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

- Corey Hawkins

I Remember, Unrealistic, Cosby

I got to pick the mind of a genius, and I realized why he was a genius. And I realized the man behind the veil or whatever you want to call it. Do you know what I mean? I got to see what makes Dr. Dre Dr. Dre, and I got to interpret that. It's hard to put it into words, so the only thing I know how to do is put it on the screen.

- Corey Hawkins

Behind, Why, The Only Thing, Interpret

What everyone loved about '24' is still there - the clock, the tick, the lean-in factor, the pacing.

- Corey Hawkins

Loved, Still, Pacing, Factor

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.

- Corey Hawkins

Legacy, Very, Lot, Skeptical

I know the struggle - trust me. I know how hard it is for us to say 'no' to a lot of things that get offered.

- Corey Hawkins

Trust, Say, Lot, Struggle

Sometimes '24' can seem a little grand. Sometimes these things can seem a little outlandish.

- Corey Hawkins

Sometimes, Grand, Things, Outlandish

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.

- Corey Hawkins

Jazz, Like, About, Locking

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.

- Corey Hawkins

Voice, Bad, Over It, Risky

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.

- Corey Hawkins

Art, Always, Subjective, Season

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.

- Corey Hawkins

Struggled, Working Actor, Blessing

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.

- Corey Hawkins

Pressure, Could, Eric, Fully

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.

- Corey Hawkins

Sometimes, Go, About, Revealed

I remember seeing the first episode of '24' when I was 13, and to be that face for a 13-year-old and open up that possibility, it shows you the world isn't on fire. There's possibility there.

- Corey Hawkins

Face, I Remember, Episode, Possibility

We are a diverse people, man.

- Corey Hawkins

Man, People, Diverse

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

- Corey Hawkins

Me, Television, Like, Stuck

I sort of have to have a positive outlook.

- Corey Hawkins

Positive, Sort, Outlook

If people don't connect to Eric Carter's struggles, I'm sure they'll find a character in this series to connect to. That's ultimately what it's about for me.

- Corey Hawkins

Sure, About, Eric, Struggles

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

- Corey Hawkins

Grow, Gritty, Looked, Faces

I'm so OCD about prep work and learning lines and stuff.

- Corey Hawkins

Work, About, Prep, Lines

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.

- Corey Hawkins

Military, Members, Served, Classmates

I'm a very private guy, so it's an adjustment for me, but a welcomed one, as long as the work remains the focus.

- Corey Hawkins

Work, Private, Very, Adjustment

When it comes to the awards and everything, and the press, the publicity, this is all icing on the cake to me.

- Corey Hawkins

Cake, Me, Awards, Publicity

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!

- Corey Hawkins

Play, Think, Movie, Respond

If the challenge wasn't there, there's no reason to say 'yes' to the role.

- Corey Hawkins

Reason, Yes, Role, No Reason

Eric Carter is a more raw, more emotional protagonist. He's a bit of an Everyman.

- Corey Hawkins

Emotional, More, Carter, Everyman

Sometimes you just need to raise your voice. And sometimes a little anger is necessary, to be honest.

- Corey Hawkins

Voice, Need, Necessary, To Be Honest

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

- Corey Hawkins

Honest, Sometimes, Rights, To Be Honest

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

- Corey Hawkins

Television, Year, Next, Trends

On '24,' you don't have time to emote and deal with stuff, because stuff just keeps happening. Every other minute, there's something crazy that's happening that's threatening this country.

- Corey Hawkins

Country, Deal, Other, Keeps

If you feel your rights are being abused by the authorities, and you don't say something, sometimes the cops don't know how far to take it. They have a hard job, but at the same time, I think it's just about educating yourself.

- Corey Hawkins

How Far, I Think, Cops, Hard Job

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.

- Corey Hawkins

Big, Entertainment, TV, Risk

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

- Corey Hawkins

Pursue, Profession, Decided, Juilliard

I'm the guy coming from Juilliard.

- Corey Hawkins

Guy, Coming, Juilliard

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.

- Corey Hawkins

Other, Side, Officer, Trouble

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.

- Corey Hawkins

Rest, Doing, Next, Finish

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

- Corey Hawkins

Singing, Mean, Broadway, Thousands

Growing up, we never got to see a hero who didn't have superpowers who looked like us, that you could kind of look to and say, 'I could be that guy one day. I could be a patriot. I could be a soldier. I could work in the government and be a hero.'

- Corey Hawkins

Hero, One Day, Superpowers, Growing Up

I'm tired of seeing people dying every day; I'm tired of seeing people go to jail for nothing.

- Corey Hawkins

Every Day, Dying, Seeing, Jail

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

- Corey Hawkins

Military, Well, Served, Grandfather

I had my foot in both worlds. I knew what I didn't want, and so I had to make a choice, just like N.W.A. made choices.

- Corey Hawkins

Like, Made, Worlds, Foot

I like being a chameleon and doing things that are just so different that people will be like, 'Oh, that's him?'

- Corey Hawkins

Doing, Will, Like, Chameleon

I'm not going to lie to you: I'd prefer not to go to the gym and not to run.

- Corey Hawkins

Go, Going, Prefer, Gym

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.

- Corey Hawkins

Love, Part, Prefer, Interviews

The idea of a new hero for a new day sang to me.

- Corey Hawkins

New, A New Day, Idea, Sang

Nothing's out of the realm. I think '24' has always keyed into that.

- Corey Hawkins

Think, Always, I Think, Realm

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

- Corey Hawkins

Different, Terrorism, Fought, Different Way

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.

- Corey Hawkins

Always, Been, Projects, Immensely

The tension between the Capulets and the Montagues is like a gang rivalry, and that has everything to do with Compton.

- Corey Hawkins

Gang, Like, Tension, Rivalry

I think, in our darkest moments, you have to find the humor, and you have to find the lightness.

- Corey Hawkins

Moments, Think, I Think, Lightness

I know that people get cast based on how they look in Hollywood.

- Corey Hawkins

How, Hollywood, Based, Cast

I like being the underdog.

- Corey Hawkins

Like, Being, Underdog

The rules of engagement are totally different when you're on the homefront.

- Corey Hawkins

Rules, Different, Totally, Engagement

I'm having way too much fun on 'The Walking Dead.'

- Corey Hawkins

Walking, Having, Too, Walking Dead

I like to surprise myself. I like to surprise my fans, too.

- Corey Hawkins

Myself, Like, Too, Surprise

There's good cops and bad cops, and the good cops have to hold the bad cops accountable. We have to hold the bad cops accountable, too.

- Corey Hawkins

Bad, Accountable, Too, Cops

There's no wrong choice because, whatever you choose, that's meant for you.

- Corey Hawkins

Choice, Choose, Because, Meant

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