American - Actor | October 22, 1988 -
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.
Corey Hawkins
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I grew up in D.C.
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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.
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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.
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There's good cops and bad cops, and the good cops have to hold the bad cops accountable. We have to hold the bad cops accountable, too.
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I like to surprise myself. I like to surprise my fans, too.
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I feel immensely blessed - not just that I'm working, but that I'm working on projects that I really care about and like. I've always been that way.
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I like being a chameleon and doing things that are just so different that people will be like, 'Oh, that's him?'
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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.
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I'm the guy coming from Juilliard.
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I'm not going to lie to you: I'd prefer not to go to the gym and not to run.
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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.
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