Quotes by Diego Klattenhoff

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Diego Klattenhoff is a Canadian actor best known for playing Mike Faber in the Showtime series Homeland. He has also appeared as Derek in Whistler and Ivan in Men in Trees, and currently stars as FBI Agent Donald Ressler in The Blacklist.
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I moved away when I was young, when I was about 19. I'd literally come from an area with dirt roads and stuff like that, right to the centre of a city of about five million people. It's been great. I'm based in New York, and every day, it's amazing.

Diego Klattenhoff

Luckily, I had that experience on 'Homeland,' to work with these unreal people who are unbelievably talented, great actors.

Diego Klattenhoff

You're always just trying to create opportunities and be ready when those opportunities present themselves. I can't look at anybody and think 'I want to be Damian Lewis' - I'd be setting myself up for failure.

Diego Klattenhoff

I got two older brothers and two younger sisters, and we grew up in the country, and we were a little feral. So as long as the car didn't end up in the rhubarb and you didn't get caught for doing whatever you were doing, you were fine.

Diego Klattenhoff

I can't tell you how good it is to go from 'Homeland' to be lucky enough to find 'The Blacklist' at the right time. It literally came at the very end of pilot season when I thought there was nothing left.

Diego Klattenhoff

Cable is a great medium. It's something I respond to. I'm not doing sitcoms. People don't find me funny. That's just the way it is.

Diego Klattenhoff

It's all about learning your craft and honing it in and really paying attention to people who are doing it and what their advice is. It's like anything: it takes years and years and years. A lot of it comes down to work ethic.

Diego Klattenhoff

I'm going for that Mark Wahlberg look. Strong and confident.

Diego Klattenhoff

I'm from a very, very rural place. There's really nobody out there, just roads and farms.

Diego Klattenhoff

I grew up in Nova Scotia, so there weren't a whole lot of rules.

Diego Klattenhoff

I'm so happy with 'The Blacklist.' Give me more people to shoot and throw them off buildings.

Diego Klattenhoff

You put on the military outfit, and it definitely tightens everything up and makes you stand up straighter.

Diego Klattenhoff

Charlotte is a very interesting place - I'm Canadian, but I've lived in Toronto, Vancouver, and I've been living here in L.A. for years.

Diego Klattenhoff

Cardio is boring for me, so running outside helps to keep me going.

Diego Klattenhoff

You have to get the casting right. You have to get the people behind it. Your director might not be the right director for the project. And then, it has to test and those people in that room, wherever they are, have to turn those buttons the right wa...

Diego Klattenhoff

I grew up playing hockey and baseball, so I wish I had time to get back into it, but living in L.A. and North Carolina, you have to take advantage of the golf.

Diego Klattenhoff

I grew up working on farms. You'd do anything for money. You'd pick blueberries in the summertime for weeks; you'd cut down, like, spruce and fir trees for pulp.

Diego Klattenhoff

Author Bio

  • NameDiego Klattenhoff
  • DescriptionCanadian actor
  • Born1979
  • CountryCanada
  • ProfessionActor