69 Quotes by Corey Hawkins

The tension between the Capulets and the Montagues is like a gang rivalry, and that has everything to do with Compton.

The idea of a new hero for a new day sang to me.

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.

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.

Sometimes '24' can seem a little grand. Sometimes these things can seem a little outlandish.

Sometimes you just need to raise your voice. And sometimes a little anger is necessary, to be honest.

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.

I grew up in D.C.

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.