Brandon Victor Dixon Quotes
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I think that there is such power with the live performance of it - so much of what 'Motown' is about is the live performance aspect, really. The power of our production is really the music and the performances.
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Gymnastics is my favorite Olympic sport, hands-down.
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If you empathize with your fellow humans on stage, you can't help but do so offstage as well.
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I always wanted to be a Broadway star. That's actually what I wanted to be when I was a kid. I wanted to be the 19-year-old sensation on Broadway. It took a little bit longer than that.
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'Rent' audiences tend to be pretty vocal. They scream and cheer a lot.
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We have to look honestly at ourselves and recognize the positives, the negatives, and the challenges we can overcome.
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Part of the elements of the electoral college is creation. Certainly it was created in slave states and them wanting to balance power, but there's not a specific set of the country always determining who the president is.
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As a country, we like to ignore our past. We don't like to look at it.
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My business partner Warren Adams and I formed our company WalkRunFly as part of what felt like a logical progression: if you want to execute things to your satisfaction, then you want to have as much control as you can. That leads to helping create work for others, not just yourself.
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Oprah's such a wonderful spirit; she's been given a lot of gifts in her life, and she gives them back.
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That's the kind of work I like to do: challenging work that has a message.
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I love theater. You can't replicate the live format.
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We welcome Donald Trump at 'Hamilton,' absolutely.
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The time for frivolous entertainment has passed. You can be entertained while at the same time learning from and growing with the people around you.
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I very rarely go back to do shows again. I'm done once I've learned the lessons I need to learn.
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I grew up as a Christian, and one of the many things in Christian mythology that did not dovetail with real life is that human beings are not monochromatic in their being.