American - Actor | October 22, 1988 -
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
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I like doing things that people wouldn't necessarily think I can do.
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The idea of a new hero for a new day sang to me.
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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.'
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I think, in our darkest moments, you have to find the humor, and you have to find the lightness.
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I sort of have to have a positive outlook.
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In television, to be a hero and look like I look, that really stuck with me.
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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.
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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.
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Sometimes you just need to raise your voice. And sometimes a little anger is necessary, to be honest.
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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.
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I didn't grow up seeing faces of patriots, emotional and raw and gritty, who looked like me.
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