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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

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
I think there’s a settled quality, there’s a gravitas that comes with aging and with being a parent because you certainly come to recognize that there’s nothing else that takes greater priority than raising your children.
BENJAMIN BRATT

Children Priorities Thinking
I’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.
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Believe Drama Honesty
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 completely death is if you’re bored, because that boredom will show in your work.
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Men Real Years
I find myself enjoying a deeper love than I ever imagined was possible in the form of my daughter and certainly in the union with my wife. It makes everything else, including work, which is one of the things I’m most passionate about, pale by comparison.
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Daughter Mother Wife
Part of my aspiration as a film actor is to bring subtlety to everything I do – honesty but subtlety.
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Actor Film Honesty
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.
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Ambiguity Evil Law Sides
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.
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School Style Training
I have no particular career agenda.
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Agenda Careers Particular
Film and television essentially feel the same when you’re doing it, because it’s the same technical approach.
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Approach Feels Film Television
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.
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Important Life Precious Time
As an audience member, I like watching Rupert as an actor when he’s most playful. I think Rupert is really adept at comedy; I think that’s where his strength lies.
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Deceit Lying Thinking
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.
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Matter Tongue World
There is no length that is too great to go to in order to protect your child.
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Children Length Order
My sense of personal strength has always come from my family.
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Family Personal Strength
I come from a large family so you can count on the fact that I’m going to have more kids.
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Facts Family Kids Large

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.

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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.

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