Andre Braugher Quotes

Oh, it is quite possible that none of us in 'Downton' will ever again get the ratings this has had. But from a career point of view, it has opened so many doors.

'Prison Break' really changed me to somebody that can put butts in seats.

I have earned enough money in my life. When I started my career, for about 10 years, I told myself I want to make money. Now, I just want to do different roles.

I guess my ambition is simply to keep doing what I'm doing for as long as I can.

I would like to establish myself. I don't want to just have a moment.

I hated the ballet, but I liked performing. I did 20 shows, and I couldn't get the smile off my face.

In business, I think the most important thing is to position yourself for long-term and not be too impatient, which I am by nature, and I have to control myself.

My job is to make sure that 10 and 15 years from now, people aren't going to say, 'Oh, do you remember Merck?'

When I first got started I had no idea my career would last as long as it did.

I do feel grateful, and I love what I'm doing, and I'm happy, and I'm living in the moment, but I also have my eye on the long game and the big prize, and that is just to make this a life-long career. To make a big enough impact on everybody to stick around for a long time.

My whole mission is to have a long, interesting career, not a short spiky one.

My desire has always been to be the leader in an industry.

I don't think I have reached that stage where I can evaluate my career. I still have a long way to go. All I wish for now is to make sensible moves and to choose wisely. It doesn't matter if there are gaps between films, as long as the ones I do give me the satisfaction of having done something good.

I was lucky enough to be launched into the marketplace with the blessing of a series like 'Jewel.'

Somehow over the years people have gotten the impression that Wal-Mart was...just this great idea that turned into an overnight success. But...it was an outgrowth of everything we'd been doing since [1945]...And like most overnight successes, it was about twenty years in the making.

You don't have to change that much for it to make a great deal of difference. A few simple disciplines can have a major impact on how your life works out in the next 90 days, let alone in the next 12 months or the next 3 years.

Don't just let your career happen to you. You need to be strategic about how you define your leadership journey and where that takes you.

I have never taken my career seriously. My only ambition was to grow as an actor.

It was good, and nothing good is truly lost. It stays part of a person, becomes part of their character. So part of you goes everywhere with me. And part of me is yours, forever

It's about the journey--mine and yours--and the lives we can touch, the legacy we can leave, and the world we can change for the better.

The fact of the matter is that you can use your beauty and use your charm and be flirtatious, and you can get people interested in your beauty. But you cannot maintain that. In the end, talent is the only thing. My work is the only thing that's going to change any minds.

Thankfully I've been quite lucky in my career, but it's always good to re-evaluate things and think about what else you want to do.

Having a great idea is simply not enough. The eventual goal is vastly more important than any idea. It is how ideas are implemented that counts in the long run

I am firmly convinced that you shouldn't necessarily emphasize hedonism, especially at the beginning of a career, but should instead focus entirely on performance.

I like to tell people that all of our products and business will go through three phases. There's vision, patience, and execution.