Quotes by Andre Braugher - Page 1

'Complicated' is good, in my opinion.
Andre Braugher / Actor
Complicated
Opinion
In My Opinion
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I'm always a fan of a good horror film.
Andre Braugher / Actor
Fans
Film
Horror
Horror Film
Good Always Film
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I'm never going to be an improv comedian.
Andre Braugher / Actor
Comedian
Improv
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I just like the joyous aspect of playing comedy.
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Aspect
Comedy
Joyous
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I'm not a good enough singer to pull off the effect.
Andre Braugher / Actor
Enough
Good Enough
Singers
Effect
Pull
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It was good to travel to the other side of the world.
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Travel
Sides
World
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I'm a member of a very complex and richly valued race.
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Race
Complex
Valued
Member
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Men are not usually forthcoming in the expression of their emotions.
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Expression
Forthcoming
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If you go back to the Conan the Barbarian series, I really liked that.
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Barbarians
Conan
Series
Barbarian
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They're mutually incompatible I feel; being a wise thief and a wise father.
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Wise
Father
Thieves
Incompatible
Mutually
Thief
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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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Invited
Thousand
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Comedy and I were never strangers, it's just that I was doing a lot of drama.
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Comedy
Drama
Stranger
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Drama was always clogging up the phone line. It's like that's what people call me for.
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Clogging Up
Drama
Phones
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I got tired of going to the barber to keep my fade together, so I just cut it all off.
Andre Braugher / Actor
Barber
Fade
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Once your network has lost confidence in you, you're headed for the dustbin of history.
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Headed
Network
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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.
Andre Braugher / Actor
Compelling
Interesting
Scripts
Stories
Script
Thrilled
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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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Lovely
Dealing
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I've committed myself to perfecting the art of the straight man. I try really hard not to crack up.
Andre Braugher / Actor
Committed
Crack
Perfecting
Straight Man
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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.
Andre Braugher / Actor
Slap
Same Thing
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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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Calculations
Engineering
Finish
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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.
Andre Braugher / Actor
African American
Range
Broaden
Deepen
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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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Compelling
Scripts
Factor
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I knew that in order to make a more lasting impact, to be on a show that people would watch on a regular basis, I would have to change my thinking.
Andre Braugher / Actor
Lasting
Change Thinking People
Regular Basis
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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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Superb
Classy
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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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Learning
Cop
Crime
Investigating
Logistics
Committing
Cops
Each
Learn
Terms
Resemble
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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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Scene
Chest
James
Punch
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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.
Andre Braugher / Actor
Conversations
Flourishes
Member
Privy
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I'm sitting here watching Hannah Montana, so I'm not going to annihilate 4.3 million Pakistanis without hearing directly from someone whose authority I recognize!
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Hearing
Montana
Sitting
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I'm in love with low-rated shows. That's true of 'Men of a Certain Age,' 'Thief,' 'Gideon's Crossing.' I fall in love with projects that are almost freighted with prestige.
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Prestige
Crossing
Certain Age
Thief
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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.
Andre Braugher / Actor
African American
Unfortunately
Two-Dimensional
Stereotypes
Types
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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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Deeper
Emotional Life
Life Father Children
Broader
Sons
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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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Commitment
Family Life
Ideals
People
Thinking
Life Family Myself
All People
Life Family Today
Improved
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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.
Andre Braugher / Actor
Differences
Lying
Thinking
Views
World View
Lie
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When I go back to any of the mini-series or series that I've done, the heart and soul of the show always centers around how the people that we love are affected by our decisions.
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Decision
Heart
People
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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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Ears
See Never Know
Hum
Shakespeare
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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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Beautiful
Believe
Sacrifice
Altar
Beautiful Believe I Believe
Talents
Directing
Material
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I think all the roles I've played really center around either the great conflict or how the great conflict affects the people that I love. I've been cast often as a hard-nosed, hyper-confident guy.
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Guy
People
Thinking
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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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Best Way
Involved
Standing
Education Nature Best
Instead
Participate
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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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Kings
Best Way
Children
Luther
March
March On Washington
Contribute
Washington
Led
Martin Luther King
Occurred
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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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Class
Enjoyed
Josh
People
Variety
Years
Years Ago
Different People
Lucas
Pilot
Russell
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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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Association
Busy
Flyers
Labor
March
Observing
Standing
Workers
Love Me Black
Crowd
Handing
Social Workers
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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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Complaining
People
Television
Time Day People
Complain
Feature
Feature Films
Times People
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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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Characteristics
Distinction
Pants
Police
Collection
Captain
Motivations
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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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Men
Character
Critical
Numbers
Psychology
Work Character Man
Essential
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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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Ghetto
Pretended
Square
Wound
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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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Huge
Permission
Allowed
Life Myself Man
Encouraged
Explore
Unacceptable
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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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Birth
Church
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Movement
Gains
Movement
Organizational
Phenomenal
Unionism
United States Of America
Civil
Group
Rights Movement
Small Group
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