Brian Stokes Mitchell Quotes

I wouldn't call what I do 'dance.'

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 31, 1957

Topics

DanceCall

My father and I used to watch movies all the time. That was our bonding time, so that's when I kind of fell in love with acting.

Jessica Barth

LoveFatherTimeActingMoviesKind

Artistic qualities that once seemed undeniable don't seem so now. Sometimes these fluctuations are only fickleness of taste, momentary glitches in an artist's work, or an artist getting ahead of his audience (it took me ten years to catch up to Albert Oehlen). Other times, however, these problems mean there's something wrong with the art.

Jerry Saltz

WorkArtMeProblemsArtistWrong

There is no excuse for waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department budget.

John Bolton

BudgetFraudAbuseDefenseWaste

I am lucky to have had an attentive, curious and loving dad and heart-smart, down-to-earth, gifted mother. They changed the outlooks of their own lives and have never forgotten the people and organizations that helped them dream bigger than their circumstances should have allowed.

Jennifer Garner

MotherI AmCuriousPeopleDream

So I wanted to explore all points of view of that, not just the girl's but his point of view as well. Only by directing it could I explore all the points of view.

Andrew McCarthy

GirlViewPoint Of ViewExploreWell

I was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract expressionist; or I'd draw a big ram's head, really messy. I'd never win painting contests. I remember losing to a guy who did a perfect Spiderman.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

LosingPaintingWinRememberArtist

When I sing, my face changes shape. It feels like my skull changes shape... the bones bend.

Jeff Buckley

FaceBendChangesSkullShapeBones

You'd never know that listening to people in the UN but tribalism is the father of racism.

Stanley Crouch

FatherRacismPeopleListeningYou

I love to sit, to watch people; even in New York, I don't feel as free as in London.

Stephane Rolland

LoveNew YorkPeopleFreeFeelNew

The ground beneath you is shifting, and either you get sucked in by holding on to old ways, or you take a giant step forward by taking some risks and seeing what happens.

Bonnie Hammer

RisksStepForwardYouSeeingOld

Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life is the game of Find the Author.

Arthur Miller

LifeGameFindMostPastimeMinor

I loved the whole idea, first of all, of what friendship is. Very often, there are people that somehow you don't know how to declare that you are their friend, but you are their friend. That happens in a lot in high school. And outside of high school.

Winnie Holzman

FriendshipFriendSchoolPeopleYou

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