The thing with ’24’ is that because it moves so much, it’s a challenge, and sometimes things get revealed about these characters as you go. Corey Hawkins Read Quote
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. Corey Hawkins Read Quote
I got to pick the mind of a genius, and I realized why he was a genius. And I realized the man behind the veil or whatever you want to call it. Do you know what I mean? I got to see what makes Dr. Dre Dr. Dre, and I got to interpret that. It’s hard to put it into words, so the only thing I know how to do is put it on the screen. Corey Hawkins Read Quote
The tension between the Capulets and the Montagues is like a gang rivalry, and that has everything to do with Compton. Corey Hawkins Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I like being a chameleon and doing things that are just so different that people will be like, ‘Oh, that’s him?’ Corey Hawkins Read Quote
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. Corey Hawkins Read Quote
