Diego Klattenhoff
Diego Klattenhoff
Diego Klattenhoffis 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...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth30 November 1979
CountryCanada
thinking important keep-going
I think it is important to know when to be hard on yourself and when to let things go, but always keep going.
journey thinking tough
I think it is always tough no matter where you are in your journey. Always staying focused and knowing why you are doing what you are doing.
thinking people tough
It is hard not to be inspired when you're living in New York. It doesn't matter what you do. I think that there is so much going on in this city. I like walking around or taking the subway, thinking about all the history here, looking at the architecture and all the people; of course, the museums. It's tough to find a better place to live.
new-york thinking cities
Things are so busy and so quick, and there’s so much going on, you have to realise the time when you have to take a step back, take a breath and really think back to where you come from. I’m from a very, very rural place. There’s really nobody out there, just roads and farms. I had a long transition to get to where I am now. 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.
people shoot
I'm so happy with 'The Blacklist.' Give me more people to shoot and throw them off buildings.
grew money pick
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.
advantage grew hockey living north playing time wish
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.
brothers car caught grew younger
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.
experience great people unreal work
Luckily, I had that experience on 'Homeland,' to work with these unreal people who are unbelievably talented, great actors.
behind buttons casting director might people test time turn wherever
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 way at the right time.
attention craft learning paying people takes work
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.
nova-scotia novas grew
I grew up in Nova Scotia, so there werent a whole lot of rules.
running helping boring
Cardio is boring for me, so running outside helps to keep me going.
failing
Everyone fails. Everyone is constantly failing. It is all part of life, and especially this job of being an actor.