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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When I lead essay workshops, I ask students to come up with at least five topics, which they'll narrow down to one. The winning idea should be the story the student is most excited to tell because it honestly reflects his or her best self.
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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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As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up.
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I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
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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 usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.
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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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The concept of emergent gameplay is really exciting. That's when players are really crafting their own experience. So if you're clever and creative, you can do things that even developers of the game didn't know were possible.
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A lot of people have a sense-of-entitlement mentality that somebody else ought to do these things for them. People are mad at the government for not getting jobs for them. I don't understand why it's the government's responsibility.
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I have no clue. I just know I would want to play the least amount of shows that the most people would be able to come to.
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I actually find prank CDs pretty annoying.
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I wanted to become a model since I was a kid.
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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.
