American - Actor | March 31, 1981 -
When people ask me, 'Are you a singer?' I say, 'No, I'm not a 'singer' - but I love the craft of singing,' going in and finding out what that means or why the hell I'm singing in the first place. My thing is really the craft of it.
Brian Tyree Henry
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You see the Paper Bois - easy. Personas are easy to touch and see and digest. But you don't get the chance to really see who the Alfreds are. I want to make sure I did that with him.
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I went to college in Atlanta, so I know that city.
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The rap scene is so unique. Every rapper has to bring their own thing.
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I discovered that acting gave me this spark, this thing. Honestly, it was a way to survive.
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Hip-hop is not about pretense. You can be missing an eye; you can have an ice-cream cone in your face; you can run around with Bantu knots; you can decide to wear gold, all everything. It's not about how you look - it's about what you say. It's about what message you're getting across.
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Life should be art, right?
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You play the honesty of the characters and show a side of them that people can relate to and want to get to know.
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I was in a musical for a while, and I sing around the house all the time, but I don't ever think of myself as a singer.
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If you are conscious and really want change in this world, and you don't vote, then what was all the fighting for? All the things our parents and our parents' parents fought for?
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I hope Paper Boi runs for president. I hope he does. Governor, mayor, senator, I hope he does it all. You better believe it.
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Being in a club - clubs are, like, not my favorite thing.
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