After six years, I feel I've explored that character to my satisfaction. And I've consequently moved on to other characters.
And a lot of men, and I think this is the case for Nick, we have something inside that allow us to do what it is that we do.
And I thought that was the best way for me to participate, because standing in the crowd and listening is a fantastic education, but it's not my nature. I need to be involved. So I did that instead.
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.
But there's a certain mindset to playing a thief that differs from playing a cop.
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.
Every show I've been on has been cancelled eventually. I don't know if it gotten beaten out by a competitor or whether not. I'm not into speculating.
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.
I don't know why a show comes on or why it stays.
I know for my wife and myself, our commitment as a family to the African community has increased, because we're going to adopt a child. And that's not simply because nature has betrayed us or anything to that effect, but there are kids languishing in foster care or in institutions who need parents.
I never worked with Rob Lowe before.
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.
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.
I'm always a fan of a good horror film.
I'm not a good enough singer to pull off the effect.
If the story's interesting and it's a compelling script, I'd be thrilled to be a part of it.
If you go back to the Conan the Barbarian series, I really liked that.
In older vampire films, they had to have actual prosthetic devices. Today, with special effects, we're able to create more stunning effects.
In the broadcast model, the only reason the show was cancelled because we weren't delivering for the advertisers.
It was good to travel to the other side of the world.
It's always been true to me that when presented with good material, you travel however necessary to be involved.
My character was supposed to sound like a guy with the voice of an angel and I don't actually have the voice of an angel.
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.
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.
So I make up a back story that works for me quite well and I use it. It's always been secret, and it serves me.
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.
The ability for the vampire's eyes to transform and their teeth to extend and the act of the attack itself is helpful in creating the horror effect.
The body deteriorates, but the mind doesn't. You know, I still feel like I'm 25.
The only dangerous scene is when James Cromwell put a stake in my chest. But other than that, it turned out to be quite a punch. I didn't think much of it.
They're mutually incompatible I feel; being a wise thief and a wise father.
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.
We have a lot of love, and when I asked myself how I could be of greatest service to my community - of maximum benefit to the people around me - it's not by hoarding what I have; it's by sharing. I came away with a commitment to raise a child, to allow the revolution to begin at home.
Well, it wasn't a green screen film. We actually had a physical, working ballroom that looked just as good right side up as it did upside down, and so there wasn't the need really to do the imaginative kind of work that you do on a green screen project. So for me, it worked out.
Braugher won the 2006 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie" for his role as Nick Atwater on Thief.
Braugher played the title role in Shakespeare's Henry V for the 1996 Shakespeare in the Park Festival in New York.
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