There’s no gray area in law enforcement. Evil exists in the world and it must be dealt with. And those on the side of good can feel righteous in their approach to eliminating evil. There’s no ambiguity there.
BENJAMIN BRATTThere’s no gray area in law enforcement. Evil exists in the world and it must be dealt with. And those on the side of good can feel righteous in their approach to eliminating evil. There’s no ambiguity there.
BENJAMIN BRATTI’ve been in scenarios as an actor where you have to manufacture an emotion that’s not really there, but it wasn’t hard with Halle because she’s a great person and very beautiful, so it ain’t a tough job at the end of the day.
BENJAMIN BRATTMy sense of personal strength has always come from my family.
BENJAMIN BRATTShe and I had come close to working on two other films together prior to this one that unfortunately had fallen apart for various reasons.
BENJAMIN BRATTI have no particular career agenda.
BENJAMIN BRATTI’ve always felt that acting is acting at the end of the day, so whether you’re doing comedy or heavy drama or anything else in between, you always have to bring a semblance of honesty to it. It’s all make believe.
BENJAMIN BRATTNo matter what your native tongue is, no matter what part of the world you’re from, if your native tongue is distorted with an accent, somehow that’s always funny.
BENJAMIN BRATTI have always been of the mind that good work is good work, whether performed on stage, on television or in film and, like any reasonable actor, I keep my options open.
BENJAMIN BRATTFilm and television essentially feel the same when you’re doing it, because it’s the same technical approach.
BENJAMIN BRATTAs far as I know, you only get one shot at this life. It only goes round once and time is precious. When I’m not working, you’d better spend that time with someone important.
BENJAMIN BRATTI believe there’s a huge distinction between un macho and a real man. I don’t think you have to be one to be another.
BENJAMIN BRATTI don’t really consider myself to be an actor of any particular style. My aim with every role I undertake is to be truthful and honest in that particular portrayal. I don’t have a particular methodology from any one school of thought or training.
BENJAMIN BRATTI’ve made a career over the last seventeen years of mostly playing men in uniform, especially cops. The one thing for an actor that is completely death is if you’re bored, because that boredom will show in your work.
BENJAMIN BRATTSo there was an inherent challenge in trying to keep it fresh, because it’s something that I’m familiar with, but the real draw for me was at long last to work with Halle.
BENJAMIN BRATTYour job as an actor is to stay employed.
BENJAMIN BRATTI count it as a major victory to not only be on a series that’s had a full season run, but to actually be on one that’s gotten picked up for a second season.
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