Words matter. These are the best Corey Hawkins Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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 television, to be a hero and look like I look, that really stuck with me.
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.
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.
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 idea of a new hero for a new day sang to me.
The tension between the Capulets and the Montagues is like a gang rivalry, and that has everything to do with Compton.
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.
I grew up in D.C.
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.
Nothing’s out of the realm. I think ’24’ has always keyed into that.
I’m the guy coming from Juilliard.
I have family that are vets of the military. My grandfather served as well.
In 2001, terrorism was fought in a completely different way.
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.
I remember ‘The Cosby Show,’ but that was something completely different. Comedy. There was a lightness to it and a sort of unrealistic perfection.
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.
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.
I like doing things that people wouldn’t necessarily think I can do.
There’s no wrong choice because, whatever you choose, that’s meant for you.
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!
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.
Eric Carter is a more raw, more emotional protagonist. He’s a bit of an Everyman.
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.
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.
The rules of engagement are totally different when you’re on the homefront.
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.
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.
I grew up singing, and I played on Broadway to thousands of people, you know what I mean?
What everyone loved about ’24’ is still there – the clock, the tick, the lean-in factor, the pacing.
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.
To be honest, sometimes you have to know your rights.
I’m having way too much fun on ‘The Walking Dead.’
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.
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.