I've committed myself to perfecting the art of the straight man. I try really hard not to crack up. Andre Braugher More Quotes by Andre Braugher More Quotes From Andre Braugher It was good to travel to the other side of the world. Andre Braugher sidesworldtravel 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. Andre Braugher peoplecommitmentthinking If you go back to the Conan the Barbarian series, I really liked that. Andre Braugher conanbarbariansseries I just like the joyous aspect of playing comedy. Andre Braugher aspectjoyouscomedy If the story's interesting and it's a compelling script, I'd be thrilled to be a part of it. Andre Braugher scriptsstoriesinteresting I'm not a good enough singer to pull off the effect. Andre Braugher good-enoughsingersenough I'm always a fan of a good horror film. Andre Braugher horrorfilmfans Drama was always clogging up the phone line. It's like that's what people call me for. Andre Braugher clogging-upphonesdrama 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. Andre Braugher classpeopleyears They're mutually incompatible I feel; being a wise thief and a wise father. Andre Braugher thieveswisefather 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 viewslyingthinking Comedy and I were never strangers, it's just that I was doing a lot of drama. Andre Braugher comedystrangerdrama 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. Andre Braugher sacrificebeautifulbelieve 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. Andre Braugher march-on-washingtonkingschildren 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! Andre Braugher montanahearingsitting 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. Andre Braugher guypeoplethinking 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. Andre Braugher complainingpeopletelevision 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. Andre Braugher coplogisticslearning 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. Andre Braugher numberscharactermen 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. Andre Braugher decisionheartpeople
