Actor Quotes by Brian Stokes Mitchell

11 Actor quotes by Brian Stokes Mitchell

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Mitchell’s reflections blend stage wisdom with personal anecdotes, offering insight into his disciplined rehearsal habits, vocal mastery, and the emotional depth he brings to each role.

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To me, a theater is a kind of a sacred space. It needs a kind of ceremony, like what happens when you…

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The Actors Fund is a human services organization, so our focus has been on caring for the entire human as opposed to…

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I always call myself the luckiest actor in the world because I made a living solely as a performer from the time…

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I'd been playing the piano since I was 6 and wanted to be a composer, but I also wanted to be an…

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On Broadway, you are working with some incredible people, and they have great reasons for doing things the way they do.

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The first audition I did was for 'Trapper John, M.D.' I was surprised to get the part, and then to have it…

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That's the magic of art and the magic of theatre: it has the power to transform an audience, an individual, or en…

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Something is guiding my career; I don't know what it is. When I look back at my career, I call myself the…

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The first role that I played as a musical - I was 14 years old, and I played Birdie in 'Bye Bye…

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I'm the chairman of the board of the Actor's Fund. It's an incredible organization. It helps anybody that has made their living…

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Performing in the theater is a very ethereal profession because you do it once and it goes out into the ether and…

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Stay as connected as you can. Sometimes that means you're going to do a job that may not pay you much but may give…

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Cabaret presents different challenges, as it is all on me. I love having the freedom to say anything you want - do anything you…

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I love doing theater. It's what I grew up in and is my roots. I get a huge fulfillment from it. But if my…

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'Kiss Me, Kate' was my 'Ragtime' Tony.

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I've always felt that my career was in wiser hands than mine. Whatever, in its good time, is supposed to happen will happen.

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I started out on the stage, then I had a great career in television for quite a few years. The good news about a…

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My favorite music is jazz, actually. It's what I listen to, it's what I was raised on, and it's what I prefer to sing.

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I love the theater, and I just don't love television like that.

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You need raw talent to be successful.

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I always say it takes three weeks to know a character and three months to own it. And I think that's probably true of…

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Oddly enough, I almost never listen to show tunes. But there are some shows I love, like Adam Guettel's 'Floyd Collins.'

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I like being different people.

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