Andre Braugher Quotes

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Andre Braugher

Profession : Actor

Birth : July 1, 1962

I'm always a fan of a good horror film.

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'Complicated' is good, in my opinion.

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I'm never going to be an improv comedian.

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I was an engineering student and spent a lot of time in the library, and no one applauds when you finish your calculations.

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My goal is to broaden and deepen the range of African-American characters on television, so I always try to show human beings.

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I was a child when the March on Washington led by Martin Luther King occurred, and I wanted to hear what was going on. I wanted to be a part of it. I wanted to contribute in the best way I possibly could.

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As an actor, I'm allowed - encouraged! - to explore emotions that have been basically unacceptable in my life. I have a huge well of emotional stuff, and once I give myself permission as an actor, it all comes to the surface. But I'll be damned if I can give myself permission to bring it out as a man.

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Often times people complain about the lack of time in television, but I have to say, you don't have any more time to film in feature films then you do in television. It's just a question of how many scenes you'll be doing in the course of a day.

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I think I'd work a little more if I lived in L.A.

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One of the great upsides about comedy is that you're dealing with really lovely, fun material.

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If you go back to the Conan the Barbarian series, I really liked that.

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What's so fun about doing the same thing again and again? You can only slap the handcuffs on a guy so many times.

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I'm a member of a very complex and richly valued race.

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I've been involved with great scripts and so-so leadership, and it's clear to me that leadership is the most compelling factor.

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My family life and my ideals, my commitment to the community and to other people - all people - has been improved. I think less about myself and more about my community today.

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For me the march was a labor - a labor of love - but I was busy handing out flyers for the National Association of Black Social Workers, so I really wasn't standing in the crowd listening and observing. I was busy.

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And I thought that was the best way for me to participate, because standing in the crowd and listening is a fantastic education, but it's not my nature. I need to be involved. So I did that instead.

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But only if I believe that my directing talents will improve the material I'd be working on. I want to make sure I don't sacrifice beautiful material on the altar of my direction.

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Cops and robbers resemble each other, so there's not a lot to learn in terms of learning the logistics of committing the crime or investigating the crime.

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You can't separate the phenomenal birth of unionism in the United States of America from the Pullman porters. This same small group of men, who grew to be 10,000 strong, was also the organizational foundation for the civil rights movement and all of the gains that were made in the '40s and the '50s. That, and the black church.

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