Andre Braugher Quotes
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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 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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I've committed myself to perfecting the art of the straight man. I try really hard not to crack up.
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They're mutually incompatible I feel; being a wise thief and a wise father.
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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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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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'Complicated' is good, in my opinion.
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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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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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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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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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I'm a member of a very complex and richly valued race.
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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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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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Men are not usually forthcoming in the expression of their emotions.
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It was good to travel to the other side of the world.
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If you go back to the Conan the Barbarian series, I really liked that.