Andre Braugher Quotes

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Andre Braugher

Profession : Actor

Birth : July 1, 1962

The distinction is large in my mind. The gay police captain is eventually going to be wearing hot pants and singing 'YMCA.' The police captain who happens to be gay is going to be a huge collection of personality characteristics and motivations.

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It's only when you're privy to the conversations and a member of the production team that you can direct the course of a series and make sure it flourishes.

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If the story's interesting and it's a compelling script, I'd be thrilled to be a part of it.

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They're mutually incompatible I feel; being a wise thief and a wise father.

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The only dangerous scene is when James Cromwell put a stake in my chest. But other than that, it turned out to be quite a punch. I didn't think much of it.

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I worked with people I admire; Josh Lucas, who I'd worked with many many years ago on a pilot called The Class of 61 and Kurt Russell, and so there were a variety of different people that I enjoyed working with.

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Once your network has lost confidence in you, you're headed for the dustbin of history.

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I've never read it because I'd like to see one Shakespeare play that I don't know what happens. I close my ears and hum whenever I hear anything about 'Pericles, Prince of Tyre.'

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Leadership is by far the most important quality when it comes to making a show that's going to last and of superb quality, something classy and fun.

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We lived in a ghetto. I could have pretended I was hard or tough and not a square. I wound up not getting in trouble. I don't consider myself to be especially wise, but I will say that it's pretty clear that some people want to get out and some people don't. I wanted out.

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I'm not a good enough singer to pull off the effect.

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Men are not usually forthcoming in the expression of their emotions.

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Unfortunately, in television today there are very few African-American characters who are human beings. They are typically two-dimensional stereotypes, cookie-cutter types.

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To me, the psychology behind the character is critical. So I work very hard to get into the mind of the man that I'm going to be playing, because number one, I want to understand why he's doing what he's doing. It's essential, it's absolutely essential.

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So I think what you see in this show is it's really not a just world at all, but you get what you give. So in terms of world view, I would say that's where the differences lie.

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I got tired of going to the barber to keep my fade together, so I just cut it all off.

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I get invited to a thousand parties, but do I show up at them? No, I don't.

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I've committed myself to perfecting the art of the straight man. I try really hard not to crack up.

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As a father, I've tried to encourage my children to have a broader and deeper emotional life than I've had. I want my sons to be able to express their feelings about things.

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It was good to travel to the other side of the world.

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