Diego Klattenhoff

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. ”

You put on the military outfit, and it definitely tightens everything up and makes you stand up straighter. ”

You're always just trying to create opportunities and be ready when those opportunities present themselves. I can't look at anybody and think 'I want to be Damian Lewis' - I'd be setting myself up for failure. ”

A lot of people are attracted to the acting profession because they think it's a cheap, easy, free ride. It really isn't. ”

I'm so happy with 'The Blacklist.' Give me more people to shoot and throw them off buildings. ”

I'm from a very, very rural place. There's really nobody out there, just roads and farms. ”

I grew up working on farms. You'd do anything for money. You'd pick blueberries in the summertime for weeks; you'd cut down, like, spruce and fir trees for pulp. ”

To be an actor wasn't something that seemed realistic. I started late; I was about 19. ”

I'm extremely patriotic. I'll always be Canadian. ”

People are amazed that I'm Canadian and I don't have this crazy accent. ”