The idea of a new hero for a new day sang to me.
Sometimes you just need to raise your voice. And sometimes a little anger is necessary, to be honest.
If you feel your rights are being abused by the authorities, and you don't say something, sometimes the cops don't know how far to take it. They have a hard job, but at the same time, I think it's just about educating yourself.
What everyone loved about '24' is still there - the clock, the tick, the lean-in factor, the pacing.
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.
I like being a chameleon and doing things that are just so different that people will be like, 'Oh, that's him?'
In 2001, terrorism was fought in a completely different way.
I'm tired of seeing people dying every day; I'm tired of seeing people go to jail for nothing.
I prefer to do in-person interviews, but it's all a part of the job, and I love talking about these movies so much.
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.
While I was filming 'Kong' - and I don't play a very capable Army Ranger in 'Kong'; I play a completely different character - but we had a lot of Army Rangers there, former Army Rangers, and Navy SEALs, who were working on the movie with us for the other characters, for the Army guys in the movie.
I didn't grow up seeing faces of patriots, emotional and raw and gritty, who looked like me.
I think, in our darkest moments, you have to find the humor, and you have to find the lightness.
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.
In television, to be a hero and look like I look, that really stuck with me.
If the challenge wasn't there, there's no reason to say 'yes' to the role.
I sort of have to have a positive outlook.
I remember seeing the first episode of '24' when I was 13, and to be that face for a 13-year-old and open up that possibility, it shows you the world isn't on fire. There's possibility there.
Sometimes, as actors, we feel like we want to hold on and control where a character goes.
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.
