I discovered that acting gave me this spark, this thing. Honestly, it was a way to survive. — Brian Tyree Henry Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you need someone to believe in you when you don't believe in yourself. — Brian Tyree Henry Copy Share Image
You see the Paper Bois - easy. Personas are easy to touch and see and digest. But you don't get the chance to really… — Brian Tyree Henry Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
My father had one of the biggest vinyl collections I've ever seen. — Brian Tyree Henry Copy Share Image
This is the city that kind of formulated who I am. And, not only that, but to be black in Atlanta is one of… — Brian Tyree Henry Copy Share Image
I never really thought about what kind of career I wanted to map out for myself. I just wanted to do work that spoke… — Brian Tyree Henry Copy Share Image
The projects that I've been fortunate enough to do are all projects where I followed my heart. I didn't follow the money or the… — Brian Tyree Henry Copy Share Image
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,… — Brian Tyree Henry Copy Share Image
Really trying to find the people who really ride for you and are down for you, that's hard. — Brian Tyree Henry Copy Share Image
Acting really started for me because I was in a house full of adults. They never shielded their lives from me. They were adults… — Brian Tyree Henry Copy Share Image
'Atlanta' is really trying to put that out there: these are just the lives of these people in this city, and this city is… — Brian Tyree Henry Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is not about pretense. You can be missing an eye; you can have an ice-cream cone in your face; you can run around… — Brian Tyree Henry Copy Share Image
