Benjamin Bratt Quotations

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.

Well, for me, the real excitement of doing physical things in films, whether you're talking about a fight scene or a stunt sequence or even a love scene, for that matter, is by necessity it has to be choreographed very much like a dance. That being said, you have to rehearse it over and over again and find a mathematical precision.

I think there's a settled quality, there's a gravitas that comes with aging and with being a parent because you certainly come to recognize that there's nothing else that takes greater priority than raising your children.

I don't really consider myself to be an actor of any particular style. My aim with every role I undertake is to be truthful and honest in that particular portrayal. I don't have a particular methodology from any one school of thought or training.

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

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.

I find myself enjoying a deeper love than I ever imagined was possible in the form of my daughter and certainly in the union with my wife. It makes everything else, including work, which is one of the things I'm most passionate about, pale by comparison.

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

The one thing for an actor that is complete death is if you're bored, because that boredom will show in your work.

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

Your job as an actor is to stay employed.

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 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'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.

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

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

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.

My first and only attempt ended up with me smacking myself in the back of the head. I left it to the professionals.

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

On a national level there is a tendency to portray Latino culture as a monolithic entity, which is a really inaccurate way of seeing ourselves. There is as much diversity and uniqueness within the Latino culture as there is in any other kind of American culture.

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 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.

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.

I've always felt that acting is acting at the end of the day, so whether you're doing comedy or heavy drama or anything else in between, you always have to bring a semblance of honesty to it. It's all make believe.

When you're working opposite Halle Berry, you're going to get a lot. So you have to give a lot. That said, what I've found striking in the past few days is that people are aware of a good chemistry that exists between us on screen. If that's so, it's due to the fact that she and I have a real liking for each other in real life and a real mutual respect.

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.

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've been in scenarios as an actor where you have to manufacture an emotion that's not really there, but it wasn't hard with Halle because she's a great person and very beautiful, so it ain't a tough job at the end of the day.

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 have no particular career agenda.

That certainly taught me a lesson. I try to be gracious and kind to anyone who asks for an autograph.

Jerry is like the wizard behind the curtain. You never see him, but he's amazing at delegating responsibility to capable hands, and because of that, we've had a very good beginning for what I hope to be a long-running series.

Jerry knew he had cancer when we worked together but he thought he was in complete remission,

My mother was born in Lima, Peru, and my father is American of primarily German and English descent. And as I understand it, Bratt is of English origin. People often ask me if it's a stage name. In fact, it is not.

I thought I might be a sheet metal worker, ... But I also knew the importance of getting an education. And when I got to college, it derailed any notion I had of being in construction. The arts seemed to stimulate me more.

Without exception, they each answered, 'If I could, I'd want to get back to the field to help the rest of our guys get back,'

I'm happy when I'm productive, ... And television allows you to do that.

I'm on a real roll. Since I left Law and Order, I've made six films. The whole reason I left Law and Order was I wanted to have a life. That show is a huge commitment.

I like to work on a character from the outside in.

They built these amazing sets. (But) we had a film team in Shanghai.

a wake-up call that reminds us to enjoy life for what it is. That's what I'm doing on both a conscious and subconscious level.

He smiled and said, 'Yeah, yeah, sure kid.' Then he slammed the door and just drove off, ... I didn't cry, but it hurt my feelings.

I don't think that there is any longer a dark shadow cast over actors who work in television, so I would readily go back.