Brandon Victor Dixon Quotes
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Berry Gordy has always been this hazy legendary figure that I've known about in my childhood that was responsible for everything that I found important in the world.
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'Hamilton' and 'Shuffle Along' are closely connected because the ensembles are all friends, and they both deal with historical figures and the impact they've made on American life.
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We, as a society, have become very fixed in our ideas of how things were, how they are, and how they should be.
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Coming out in a bedazzled tank top and silver jeans and singing 'Superstar' with a 36-piece band and 28 dancers around me is one of the dopest things I've ever had the opportunity to do.
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If people are coming to 'Hamilton' to leave their politics behind, you came to the wrong show.
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Every day alive in the 'Power' world is a beautiful day.
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Everyone you talk to in the world, whether they know it or not, because the catalog is so vast, a lot of times people have favorite songs that are Motown songs that they didn't even know were Motown songs.
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I'm an activist and advocate. I have empathy. It is hard to ignore causes.
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I don't think in a box. I think in a sphere.
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Every experience I've had with 'Power' has been so great, so to become a series regular was fantastic.
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My hero is Michael Jackson. Was and continues to be. He's amazing. When I was growing up, it was the time of 'Thriller' and 'Bad.' I'd come home from school and put on the vinyls. I'd put on a white V-neck T-shirt and roll back the carpet and dance for hours. I'd moonwalk and do the spins.
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Oh, yeah - 'The Good Wife' was a lot of fun to do. It was a short scene I did, but Josh Charles was very nice, and Julianna Margulies was so sweet. We had a very good time.
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Whether or not your candidate wins, the crucial importance is the integrity of our voting system. You have to engage in the process in order to change it.
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My introduction to Motown was through The Jackson Five and Michael Jackson. Michael's been my greatest creative inspiration, so that's how I really became familiar with Motown as a whole, and as I got older, I learned far more about the other groups.
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The first musical I ever saw was 'Ragtime.'
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There's nothing wrong with being honest about what you are.
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I spent summers in my room listening to cast albums, like 'Les Miserables,' every night. I knew it backwards and forwards. I want to be the first black Jean Valjean.
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My No. 1 artistic inspiration in theater is Brian Stokes Mitchell.
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I practice a personal meditation and have a gala apple before each show.
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Style and image - it's what Motown is about. They had a charm school led by Maxine Powell. There was literally an artists' development department.
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I always thought from my knowledge of London theater and the audiences here that they would appreciate a truly genius piece of theatrical work.
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I'm a very philanthropically oriented individual. There are a lot of causes that I support, and I'm a big fan of advocacy.
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Nothing surprises me about Berry Gordy.
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As artists, our job is to communicate thoughts and tell stories.