Corey Hawkins

I'm the guy coming from Juilliard. ”

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.' ”

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

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. ”

I want longevity in this career. ”

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. ”

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

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. ”

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

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. ”