American - Actor | March 31, 1981 -
I was in show choir in high school.
Brian Tyree Henry
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I think that Atlanta has this huge well of black culture and openness to share all the things that we have made there.
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Theater's literally where I started.
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In my household growing up in Fayetteville, N.C., music was the great communicator between my parents and me.
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My mother had a gorgeous singing voice, and she'd play these amazing vinyls. My favorite was 'But Not for Me,' on the 1954 album 'Chet Baker Sings.'
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After my mother and father separated when I was 5, my mother moved to Washington, D.C., and my father remained in North Carolina. Later, I moved to New York and would often drive down to D.C. to see her. We'd ride around together talking and listening to music.
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My mom loved road trips, and sometimes we'd drive down to North Carolina. Though my parents were separated, she wanted me to stay connected with my dad.
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Yale was one of the best moments in my life - also one of the hardest. I learned about community.
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The most important thing I feel in the acting profession is to create a community that reflects you back to you.
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What does it serve any studio to not reflect the lives of people who are giving you money, who are crying out to you, 'Hey, please tell our stories.'
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I hope that there's a little black boy somewhere in Montana that never thought that he would see a reflection of himself, and he turns on the television, like, 'Oh my God, thank you.'
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Really trying to find the people who really ride for you and are down for you, that's hard.
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