Brian Tyree Henry

I'm a huge pin collector.

— Brian Tyree Henry

Life should be art, right?

— 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

My father had one of the biggest vinyl collections I've ever seen.

— Brian Tyree Henry

Really trying to find the people who really ride for you and are down for you, that's hard.

— Brian Tyree Henry

People like to use the word 'naivete' as a negative, but not for me.

— Brian Tyree Henry

I dare somebody to go to Atlanta and not have a good time.

— 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

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

I never really thought about what kind of career I wanted to map out for myself. I just wanted to do work…

— 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

'Atlanta' is really trying to put that out there: these are just the lives of these people in this city, and this…

— Brian Tyree Henry

I couldn't believe there was going to be a show called 'Atlanta,' because that's my favorite city in the country. It's where…

— 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

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

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

Acting really started for me because I was in a house full of adults. They never shielded their lives from me. They…

— Brian Tyree Henry

The humility keeps me going forward.

— Brian Tyree Henry

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

— Brian Tyree Henry

I really love Instagram for the artwork.

— Brian Tyree Henry

Aja Naomi is one of my good friends.

— Brian Tyree Henry

I am the product of those who believed in me.

— Brian Tyree Henry

I was in show choir in high school.

— Brian Tyree Henry

Atlanta, in itself, is its own living, breathing thing.

— Brian Tyree Henry

I say this all the time: All I know is I know nothing at all.

— 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

You play the honesty of the characters and show a side of them that people can relate to and want to get…

— 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

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

— Brian Tyree Henry

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

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

— 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

I'm very grateful, first of all, for my friends and my family because they keep me grounded, and they make sure I'm…

— 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

Every time you get in front of the lights and the cameras and you think, 'Okay, well, we've done this before, but…

— 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

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