I’m oftentimes called away from my family… it’s rather hard for me to be away from them. We’re very close.
BENJAMIN BRATTI’m oftentimes called away from my family… it’s rather hard for me to be away from them. We’re very close.
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 BRATTAs a person of color, there’s no getting around the reality of its responsibility.
BENJAMIN BRATTI find that most of us actors can’t stand ourselves in any form.
BENJAMIN BRATTI 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.
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 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 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 BRATTI think all actors are on the constant search for a real challenge just to keep things interesting.
BENJAMIN BRATTBuilding a little bonfire at night on the beach and lying on a blanket with my wife under the stars is not only sexy, it’s romantic.
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 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 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 BRATTFilm and television essentially feel the same when you’re doing it, because it’s the same technical approach.
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 BRATTI come from a large family so you can count on the fact that I’m going to have more kids.
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