Corey Hawkins

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

I like being the underdog.

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.

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.

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.

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

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