Brian Tyree Henry Quotes
I just remember watching my first theater class, and I was like, 'Oh I can get up there,' like I could absolutely get up and do this every day and learn about it.
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I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.
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I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15.
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I think being called a cat lady is a compliment. It means you have adopted a tiny little maniac into your life.
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But as I grew up as a child, falling in love with the theater and Shakespeare, my heroes were Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud.
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It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.
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If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
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I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
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In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
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Women often come up not knowing how to make decisions. We get wishy-washy. We become great wage earners - breadwinners - but we don't know how to control empires.
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Some people have a misunderstanding about the Army. Some people think, 'Hey, you're in the military, and everything is super-hierarchical, and you're in an environment that is intolerable of criticism, and people don't want frank assessments.' I think the opposite is the case.
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This country is pretty amazing.
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Every note is a lifetime for itself.
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The way I usually put it is that as an SF writer, I'm never required to be right.
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The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights.
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I love Karl Lagerfeld. I worship him. I was brought up in Paris, and my mum used to wear a lot of Chanel. I love the brand.
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I lived in a neighborhood where there weren't many kids. I had a couple sisters, but I was very much a loner. Whatever film I had seen that day or that week, I would completely find myself in that world.
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The Indian government is extraordinarily large, and it is difficult to try and believe that one leader can make all the change. This is a federal system.
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I just remember watching my first theater class, and I was like, 'Oh I can get up there,' like I could absolutely get up and do this every day and learn about it.
