Brian Tyree Henry

Being in a club - clubs are, like, not my favorite thing.

— Brian Tyree Henry

I learned everything I know about music from my parents and my sisters.

— Brian Tyree Henry

The rap scene is so unique. Every rapper has to bring their own thing.

— Brian Tyree Henry

I used to draw and do a lot of calligraphy and typography. I'm a big sketcher, too.

— Brian Tyree Henry

I always say I'm not going to work: I'm going to play with my friends.

— Brian Tyree Henry

Atlanta's a great city to cultivate your own thing - from fashion to music to food.

— Brian Tyree Henry

I stay in contact with my castmates from 'Atlanta' almost every day.

— Brian Tyree Henry

Sometimes, you need someone to believe in you when you don't believe in yourself.

— Brian Tyree Henry

You see the Paper Bois - easy. Personas are easy to touch and see and digest. But you don't get the chance…

— Brian Tyree Henry

I have been the hugest HBO fan since I was 3, watching programming that I had no business watching as a child.

— Brian Tyree Henry

At the end of the day, it's incredibly important to have a show like 'Atlanta' because if we can't stand up for…

— Brian Tyree Henry

I love the element of surprise, throwing people off of what they think they know about what I can do and who…

— Brian Tyree Henry

What does it serve any studio to not reflect the lives of people who are giving you money, who are crying out…

— Brian Tyree Henry

You can't share your magic with everyone. Your job is to live within your magic. And if other magical people find you,…

— Brian Tyree Henry

The most important thing I feel in the acting profession is to create a community that reflects you back to you.

— Brian Tyree Henry

That's the great thing about being an actor: getting the opportunity to do something that really speaks to you.

— Brian Tyree Henry

After my mother and father separated when I was 5, my mother moved to Washington, D.C., and my father remained in North…

— Brian Tyree Henry

Hip-hop is not about pretense. You can be missing an eye; you can have an ice-cream cone in your face; you can…

— Brian Tyree Henry

This is the city that kind of formulated who I am. And, not only that, but to be black in Atlanta is…

— Brian Tyree Henry

Perceptions really do define what our realities are. What we're hoping to do with 'Atlanta' is to really shatter that. To shatter…

— Brian Tyree Henry

I'm a big guy: I look like a linebacker, you know? But no one cares, really, that I'm educated. I have a…

— Brian Tyree Henry

I usually get approached by older white ladies of a certain class, with their pearls and, you know, their Talbots on and…

— Brian Tyree Henry

It's really humbling and gratifying to see that people are finally realizing that we are talented and we have things to say…

— Brian Tyree Henry

When people ask me, 'Are you a singer?' I say, 'No, I'm not a 'singer' - but I love the craft of…

— Brian Tyree Henry

The projects that I've been fortunate enough to do are all projects where I followed my heart. I didn't follow the money…

— Brian Tyree Henry

In my household growing up in Fayetteville, N.C., music was the great communicator between my parents and me.

— Brian Tyree Henry

Atlanta's the hub of black culture, and it's OK to be you there - it's the city that really shaped me to…

— Brian Tyree Henry

If you are conscious and really want change in this world, and you don't vote, then what was all the fighting for?…

— Brian Tyree Henry

It's not without its flaws - it's still the South and the Bible Belt - but Atlanta is one of those cities…

— Brian Tyree Henry

I was working with the likes of Steve McQueen, Matthew McConaughey, Viola Davis, just running the gamut.

— Brian Tyree Henry

The great thing about James Baldwin and his writing is that it's still fresh every time you pick it up. That's also…

— Brian Tyree Henry

I never thought that 'Atlanta' would go off and do what it was gonna do. I never thought that I would get…

— Brian Tyree Henry

I hope Paper Boi runs for president. I hope he does. Governor, mayor, senator, I hope he does it all. You better…

— Brian Tyree Henry

I don't think I'm going to be back on 'This Is Us.' I think that Uncle Ricky had his moment; he did…

— Brian Tyree Henry

I think that Atlanta has this huge well of black culture and openness to share all the things that we have made…

— Brian Tyree Henry

My mom loved road trips, and sometimes we'd drive down to North Carolina. Though my parents were separated, she wanted me to…

— Brian Tyree Henry

TV can be a thread between all of us, and it can be a powerful tool to examine life and love and…

— Brian Tyree Henry

I hope that there's a little black boy somewhere in Montana that never thought that he would see a reflection of himself,…

— Brian Tyree Henry

When I was three years old, one of the first albums I ever heard was Michael Jackson's 'Off the Wall.'

— Brian Tyree Henry

My mother had a gorgeous singing voice, and she'd play these amazing vinyls. My favorite was 'But Not for Me,' on the…

— Brian Tyree Henry