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.’ Brian Tyree Henry Read Quote
The most important thing I feel in the acting profession is to create a community that reflects you back to you. Brian Tyree Henry Read Quote
Yale was one of the best moments in my life – also one of the hardest. I learned about community. Brian Tyree Henry Read Quote
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. Brian Tyree Henry Read Quote
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. Brian Tyree Henry Read Quote
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.’ Brian Tyree Henry Read Quote
In my household growing up in Fayetteville, N.C., music was the great communicator between my parents and me. Brian Tyree Henry Read Quote
The great thing about James Baldwin and his writing is that it’s still fresh every time you pick it up. That’s also the sad thing about his writing sometimes, too. Brian Tyree Henry Read Quote
TV can be a thread between all of us, and it can be a powerful tool to examine life and love and what we all have in common as humans. Brian Tyree Henry Read Quote
I couldn’t believe there was going to be a show called ‘Atlanta,’ because that’s my favorite city in the country. It’s where I went to college. I have so many great friends that live there. It’s where I discovered that I wanted to be an artist. Brian Tyree Henry Read Quote
