Brian Tyree Henry Quotes
I'm a big guy: I look like a linebacker, you know? But no one cares, really, that I'm educated. I have a copy of 'Fire Next Time' by James Baldwin in my bag. I have an Ibsen play in there, too. I have to walk through this world with that duality all the time, that I live in two different worlds.
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I've always liked stories. I'm always reading, ever since I was a kid. I've always been reading and wanting to be in some other world. This is the perfect job for me.
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I know there are a lot of people out there who have the best intentions but not the voice, so it's about people like me to give them a voice and hear their ideas.
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I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
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I have a 60-acre farm in North Carolina, and I have a tractor and a farmhouse. As soon as I groom the land, I want to put cabins around and have a place where people can write and hang out. It'll be either that or an all-black nudist colony.
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I've never got into debt and I've always been in control of my taxes and VAT, but having four children costs a lot. They are my weakness.
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I've always been interested in family secrets and what happens behind closed doors. I find that fascinating and creepy - that's why I read: because I want to know other people's secrets.
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I am blessed to have worked in big-budget films at an early stage of my career.
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Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.
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When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.
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I would not hesitate to vote for a white person as president if I thought he was the best person for the job.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia.
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The truth is I had lots of rehab and now I have a clean bill of health.
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If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don't believe in it.
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We have overcome some terrible blows to our democracy, to the future of our democracy, to the future of our nation. We survived the Civil War and the strife that tore this nation apart.
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One of the most important things that teachers teach students is you, you can work harder. You are mentally tougher than you think.
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Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.
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I don't want expensive gifts; I don't want to be bought. I have everything I want. I just want someone to be there for me, to make me feel safe and secure.
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It's great to sit and talk about the films and the people I work with, rather than where I buy my socks or whatever.
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Not that I believe you can have it all: I believe you can have it all, just not at the same time.
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I don't think anybody accepts the idea that somehow I should be punished because I actually served our country during a very difficult time post-9/11. That required me to actually be out of Arkansas for a few years.
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It would be spiteful to put a Jellyfish in a trifle.
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I'm a big guy: I look like a linebacker, you know? But no one cares, really, that I'm educated. I have a copy of 'Fire Next Time' by James Baldwin in my bag. I have an Ibsen play in there, too. I have to walk through this world with that duality all the time, that I live in two different worlds.
