Benjamin Bratt Quotes

As a person of color, there's no getting around the reality of its responsibility.

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.

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.

My sense of personal strength has always come from my family.

My family is like a sanctuary to me. I always turn to them for support and strength. I take comfort in knowing no matter which path I choose, my family stands behind me.

The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life.

I come from a large family so you can count on the fact that I'm going to have more kids.

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.

I think all actors are on the constant search for a real challenge just to keep things interesting.

Part of my aspiration as a film actor is to bring subtlety to everything I do - honesty but subtlety.

No matter what your native tongue is, no matter what part of the world you're from, if your native tongue is distorted with an accent, somehow that's always funny.

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.

I find that most of us actors can't stand ourselves in any form.

Just be loving. You also have to recognize that you need to take the focus off yourself and put it on your children to give them a proper start in life.

I have no particular career agenda.

I have always been of the mind that good work is good work, whether performed on stage, on television or in film and, like any reasonable actor, I keep my options open.

I count it as a major victory to not only be on a series that's had a full season run, but to actually be on one that's gotten picked up for a second season.

Film and television essentially feel the same when you're doing it, because it's the same technical approach.

I wasn't terribly aware of Catwoman. She was a DC comics character and as a kid, I wasn't terribly fond of the DC comics characters. I was a Marvel boy.

I'm oftentimes called away from my family... it's rather hard for me to be away from them. We're very close.

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.

Your job as an actor is to stay employed.

There is no length that is too great to go to in order to protect your child.