Hill Harper (On his CSI:NY character's sense of style): He made more money than all these guys, so he's got nicer threads. He can afford nicer clothes. He's the richest CSI! He made double what these guys made for years.
Hill Harper (On his CSI: NY character, Sheldon Hawkes, being moved from the morgue to the field): It's wonderful! Last year all the scenes were in the morgue, whereas now it's nice to be much more integrated into all aspects of the show, to have more interaction with all the different characters. At the same time, it helps Dr. Hawkes feel more a part of something rather than being isolated in the basement of the morgue.
Hill Harper: (When asked who the real Hill Harper is when the cameras aren't rolling?) Dr. Hawkes is much more reclusive than I am. He loves the exploration of the human body and is always down in the basement with a whole bunch of corpses, and that's the way he is. But I like to get out and enjoy the fresh air. I really love life. That's not to say that I'm cavalier or carefree with all situations in the world; I work hard in areas that are important to me and that matter. My friends and I have a motto: "You only live once, and if you do it right, once is all you need."
Hill Harper (About his turning point in his career): I think the turning point for me was really Spike Lee hiring me to do Get on the Bus. The reason I got He Got Game was because he offered that to me after I did Get on the Bus. Get on the Bus, to me, was such an important film content-wise, and all the great actors that were in it and also the character I played. Up until Get on the Bus Spike was appearing in his movies and Get on the Bus was one of the first movies where he didn't appear. I basically played the character that he probably would have played if he was young enough to still play it — you know, the director of the documentary of the bus trip. It was big for me. It's not easy to get a major studio film without a lot of star power or name value. So it was a big break for me. Spike is known to hire people based on their talent — the studio can say that this person is hot or that person is hot, but Spike is not that type of guy.
Hill Harper (When asked what would be his first executive order, if he suddenly was elected President of the United States): Raise public school teacher's salary to $200,000 per year
Hill Harper (On co-star Anna Belknap and CSI: NY): Anna is such a great actress that she can easily win any role on her own, but I certainly put the good word in for her because she's fantastic. When you do a show where you work so closely with people, hopefully for a long time, you hope to have the benefit of those people being great people as well, like we have on our show.
Hill Harper: Dr. Hawkes is much more reclusive than I am. He loves the exploration of the human body and is always down in the basement with a whole bunch of corpses, and that's the way he is. But I like to get out and enjoy the fresh air. I really love life. That's not to say that I'm cavalier or carefree with all situations in the world; I work hard in areas that are important to me and that matter. My friends and I have a motto: 'You only live once, and if you do it right, once is all you need'.
When asked which character in the history of the world Hill Harper would play, if ever given the choice, he answered Nelson Mandela.
Hill made his feature film debut in 1994, in the movie "Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings."
At the Sundance Festival in 2006, stars were asked to donate items to be auctioned to benefit 'Global Green USA'. Hill Harper donated a Descente Black Jacket Shell.
Hill Harper founded the MANifest Your Destiny Foundation which is a group that awards scholarships grants to young men and women. Proceeds from Hill's book 'Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny' go towards supporting the foundation.
Hill was nominated for an Image Award in 2005 & 2006 in the category 'Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series' for the show CSI: NY. In 2000 Hill won a Method Fest Award in the Best Actor category for his role in the film The Visit.
Hill was a part of "The New Harmony Project" in the summer of 1997. The 13th Annual Inner City Awards honored Hill with the W.E.B. DuBois Scholar Award. Hill was Harvard classmates with U.S. Senator Barack Obama.
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