“When I'm playing a bad guy, a lot of it is imagined: things I thought ...” — Emory Cohen Quote

“When I'm playing a bad guy, a lot of it is imagined: things I thought I wanted to do, but I never would do them.”

“I come from an intense family - like, we're just intense people. Not bad people or anything, we are just very intense, and I have just always felt like people who weren't like that were just a kind of hiding it, like when I was really young in high school.”

“I'm glad I chose more vulnerable work about what is love and what is freedom and those kinds of things. But there's something innate in me where I always come back to characters with an edge.”

“It's definitely more fun playing a bad guy. It feels a lot better than playing one of the good guys.”

“I have done some bad things - things I can't and won't talk about. Nothing that bad, but if that stuff was printed in the papers, they'd paint me as a bad guy. I couldn't be Tevin Campbell, Mr. Perfect. But I really don't want to be Tevin Campbell, Mr. Perfect.”

“Every single person in the Chicago independent scene said, 'You've got to be a bad guy. You're a Muslim. We're gonna make money. We're gonna call you Sheik Abdullah something. You're gonna wear a turban.'”