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 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.
More Benjamin Bratt Quotes
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I find that most of us actors can’t stand ourselves in any form.
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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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My sense of personal strength has always come from my family.
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Building 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.
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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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Part of my aspiration as a film actor is to bring subtlety to everything I do – honesty but subtlety.
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As a person of color, there’s no getting around the reality of its responsibility.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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She and I had come close to working on two other films together prior to this one that unfortunately had fallen apart for various reasons.
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There is no length that is too great to go to in order to protect your child.
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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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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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