If you work all the time, you don't have many life experiences to feed back into your work. — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
Life is about overcoming self-doubt. But you don't grow if you don't question yourself. — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
I try to make my daughter laugh often. I try to do lots of playdates and be part of her life. It's… — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
With every task you think, 'What did I do wrong there? What could I do better?' That's why I've spent my life… — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
My parents had this massive record player in the living room, a 'blue spot grand' they called it... it used up an… — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
That's where depression hits you most - your home life. It doesn't affect your work. I can't do this zany, wacky, funny… — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
The Anansi stories were in my life because they're not just 'Br'er Rabbit and the Tar-Baby in the Briar Patch,' they're stories… — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
My mum came to Britain from Clarendon, in the south of Jamaica, to make a better life for her family. — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
I read 'Fences' when I was about 30 and I thought: This is too sad.' But you get older and you start… — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
What a gift it would be if every child in the country could hear a professional orchestra at least once. — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
I lament the passing of 'Play for Today,' 'Armchair Theatre,' 'Screen One and Two' and 'Comedy Playhouse' - because these shows gave a platform… — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
With every task you think, 'What did I do wrong there? What could I do better?' That's why I've spent my life gravitating towards… — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
I think tax breaks for diversity is a good thing. In film now, what happens is you get huge tax breaks if you can… — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
Wouldn't it be great, if there was a one-stop shop where funny people could take their ideas and have them made? — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
Stand-up's a lottery - you think it's funny but the audience can disagree. — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
In the 1970s in black and Asian households up and down the country, there's a familiar story that when we saw a non-white person… — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
That's where depression hits you most - your home life. It doesn't affect your work. I can't do this zany, wacky, funny thing any… — Lenny Henry Copy Share Image
