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I have no particular career agenda.

Benjamin Bratt

I’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 death, is if you’re bored. The boredom will show in your work.
BENJAMIN BRATT

Blessing Men Years
I 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 BRATT

Believe Men Real
I 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 BRATT

Actor Mind Television
The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don’t get to do in real life.
BENJAMIN BRATT

Acting Opportunity Real
On a national level there is a tendency to portray Latino culture as a monolithic entity, which is a really inaccurate way of seeing ourselves. There is as much diversity and uniqueness within the Latino culture as there is in any other kind of American culture.
BENJAMIN BRATT

Culture Diversity Levels
I 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 BRATT

School Style Training
I’m oftentimes called away from my family… it’s rather hard for me to be away from them. We’re very close.
BENJAMIN BRATT

Away Hard Oftentiems
I’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 BRATT

Beautiful Day End Jobs
I find that most of us actors can’t stand ourselves in any form.
BENJAMIN BRATT

Actors Form Ourselves
No 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 BRATT

Matter Tongue World
My sense of personal strength has always come from my family.
BENJAMIN BRATT

Family Personal Strength
Film and television essentially feel the same when you’re doing it, because it’s the same technical approach.
BENJAMIN BRATT

Approach Feels Film Television
As a person of color, there’s no getting around the reality of its responsibility.
BENJAMIN BRATT

Color Reality Responsibility
There is no length that is too great to go to in order to protect your child.
BENJAMIN BRATT

Children Length Order
I think all actors are on the constant search for a real challenge just to keep things interesting.
BENJAMIN BRATT

Interesting Real Thinking
As 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 BRATT

Important Life Precious Time

I have no particular career agenda.

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