I love the element of surprise, throwing people off of what they think they know about what I can do and who I am. I just want to keep doing that. Brian Tyree Henry Read Quote
I’m very grateful, first of all, for my friends and my family because they keep me grounded, and they make sure I’m taking care of myself and that I’m keeping my sanity about me. Brian Tyree Henry Read Quote
It’s really humbling and gratifying to see that people are finally realizing that we are talented and we have things to say and that our stories are just like your stories. There’s no reason that anybody from Wisconsin or Turkey can’t relate to ‘Atlanta.’ Brian Tyree Henry Read Quote
On top of trying to find my way in this business and losing my mother and trying to figure out what family meant to me and everything – 2016, there was a lot of anger from me and a lot of anger all around. I think the hardest part was to really realize that all these things, it’s worth it. Brian Tyree Henry Read Quote
I never thought that ‘Atlanta’ would go off and do what it was gonna do. I never thought that I would get recognized for that show the way that I have been. Brian Tyree Henry Read Quote
I was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, which is where J. Cole is from. I went up to Washington, D.C., where my mother moved, to stay with her, and then moved back to North Carolina to finish junior high and high school. Brian Tyree Henry Read Quote
At Morehouse, I found myself and my voice, and I didn’t want to lose that at Yale. Brian Tyree Henry Read Quote
