Sterling K. Brown

Always have an attitude of gratitude.

— Sterling K. Brown

Any great art is meant to illuminate the human condition.

— Sterling K. Brown

I'm a huge fan of 'Predator.'

— Sterling K. Brown

Every character I play is me.

— Sterling K. Brown

I have a big family of big people.

— Sterling K. Brown

I love me some Kendrick Lamar, love J. Cole.

— Sterling K. Brown

I never assume people are going to recognize me.

— Sterling K. Brown

I can't let other people dictate how I see myself.

— Sterling K. Brown

I grew up feeling unattractive, and it took a long time to grow into a place where I was comfortable with me.

— Sterling K. Brown

I don't want to try to fool people into thinking that I'm something that I'm not.

— Sterling K. Brown

Christopher Darden is a very passionate man. He wears his emotion on his sleeve.

— Sterling K. Brown

I do not believe that any particular religion has any monopoly on salvation.

— Sterling K. Brown

I lived in St. Louis, Missouri, and now my kids are growing up in Los Angeles, so that's culturally very different.

— Sterling K. Brown

It's one thing to entertain, to educate, but to edify, to lift people up, that's - to God be the glory.

— Sterling K. Brown

Muhammad Ali was the greatest of all time. But what made him even greater was what he did outside the ring.

— Sterling K. Brown

We've seen many Black men lose their life over the past couple of years. Not only just heard about it.

— Sterling K. Brown

We're all trying to figure out what's next, what's best for our families, what's best for ourselves, and there's a certain sort…

— Sterling K. Brown

When I was a young man, I worked at the Boys and Girls Club in St. Louis, Missouri, and another boys club…

— Sterling K. Brown

The biggest compliment that I receive is when other black folks come up to me and say, 'You changed the way that…

— Sterling K. Brown

Just as important I believe, is Black America can look back at the show and say, "Wow, I think I now understand…

— Sterling K. Brown

I love basketball because it's social, and you're not even thinking about working out - you're just playing a game and getting…

— Sterling K. Brown

We all have our prejudices, and we may or may not be aware of them. Sometimes people walk by me and give…

— Sterling K. Brown

Life has to be everything. It can't be all sad. It can't be all peaches and cream. Because the lows have you…

— Sterling K. Brown

I've spent so much of my career working intermittently, being busy and then with large swaths of time off, that it became…

— Sterling K. Brown

The first trip I can remember would have to be to Marianna, Arkansas. My mother's parents are from there, and we'd go…

— Sterling K. Brown

I catch myself every once in a while doing that weird thing that I see famous people do, where they have sunglasses…

— Sterling K. Brown

I go to Stanford, and I'm an economics major, not thinking I'm going to do anything with acting. A professor came to…

— Sterling K. Brown

My mom, who is a very strong Christian woman, will often ask me how some of the characters I play glorify God.…

— Sterling K. Brown

I think I'll never stop doing theater because it's a more physical and athletic activity. You can't pull any punches; there are…

— Sterling K. Brown

Johnnie Cochran was such a heroic figure for getting the acquittal of O.J. Simpson, and the acquittal was such a historical event…

— Sterling K. Brown

I have a certain memory of the way in which my father loved me until I was 10, and it was unconditional…

— Sterling K. Brown

I'm very cognizant of the image that's being put out there and the way in which people perceive me. I'm honored and…

— Sterling K. Brown

My dad passed away when I was 10.

— Sterling K. Brown

I didn't grow up feeling very handsome.

— Sterling K. Brown

I'm a little kid from St. Louis, Missouri, on the inside.

— Sterling K. Brown

Before I was an actor, I was a fan.

— Sterling K. Brown

I discovered that I love being on stage in high school.

— Sterling K. Brown

You can't play someone and judge them at the same time.

— Sterling K. Brown

I always thought that I would just be working in obscurity in perpetuity.

— Sterling K. Brown

I like working. I think being on set is one of my favorite places in the world.

— Sterling K. Brown