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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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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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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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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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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Back in the day, if someone at the record label didn't care or like your music, it never got to the public. It just got shelved.
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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.
