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> [It's a very frightening feeling to feel like you can have a busted taillight or wear a hoodie or be playing in a park, and someone can take your life away. To have two children, two black boys, you ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-k-brown/it-s-a-very-frightening-feeling-to-feel-like-you-can-have-a-busted/)

[Sterling K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sterling-k-brown/)

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## More by Sterling K. Brown

> [It would be really cool to have my dad here to witness this, to see his grandchildren, to see this woman that I chose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-k-brown/it-would-be-really-cool-to-have-my-dad-here-to-witness-this-to-see/)

[Sterling K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sterling-k-brown/)

> [The humanity that is given to other people isn't given to us. There is an expendability that comes along with being African American.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-k-brown/the-humanity-that-is-given-to-other-people-isn-t-given-to-us-there-is/)

[Sterling K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sterling-k-brown/)

> [I want to be remembered for a body of work so that when the next guy comes up, he could think of Sterling K.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-k-brown/i-want-to-be-remembered-for-a-body-of-work-so-that-when-the-next-guy/)

[Sterling K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sterling-k-brown/)

> [What was so lovely about 'O.J.' and 'This Is Us' to a certain extent is that I got a chance to surprise people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-k-brown/what-was-so-lovely-about-o-j-and-this-is-us-to-a-certain-extent-is/)

[Sterling K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sterling-k-brown/)

> [The work of acting, in and of itself, is something that is infinitely enjoyable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-k-brown/the-work-of-acting-in-and-of-itself-is-something-that-is-infinitely/)

[Sterling K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 and eternal.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-k-brown/i-have-a-certain-memory-of-the-way-in-which-my-father-loved-me-until/)

[Sterling K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sterling-k-brown/)

> [A couple of my favorite actors are Don Cheadle, Jeffrey Wright, and, may he rest in peace, Philip Seymour Hoffman. I've had an opportunity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-k-brown/a-couple-of-my-favorite-actors-are-don-cheadle-jeffrey-wright-and-may/)

[Sterling K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sterling-k-brown/)

> [I didn't grow up feeling very handsome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-k-brown/i-didn-t-grow-up-feeling-very-handsome/)

[Sterling K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sterling-k-brown/)

> [I was at Stanford University up in the West Coast Bay Area, so the biggest song of my freshman year was 'I Got 5…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-k-brown/i-was-at-stanford-university-up-in-the-west-coast-bay-area-so-the/)

[Sterling K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sterling-k-brown/)

> [I try not to get too high off the highs or too low off the lows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-k-brown/i-try-not-to-get-too-high-off-the-highs-or-too-low-off-the-lows/)

[Sterling K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-k-brown/i-lived-in-st-louis-missouri-and-now-my-kids-are-growing-up-in-los/)

[Sterling K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sterling-k-brown/)

> [I went to a college prep high school in St. Louis, Missouri. When I graduated from school, I owned this thing called the Headmaster's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-k-brown/i-went-to-a-college-prep-high-school-in-st-louis-missouri-when-i/)

[Sterling K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sterling-k-brown/)

> [It's a very frightening feeling to feel like you can have a busted taillight or wear a hoodie or be playing in a park,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-k-brown/it-s-a-very-frightening-feeling-to-feel-like-you-can-have-a-busted/)

[Sterling K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sterling-k-brown/)

> [I went to Target once and picked up three seasons of '24' - what I call the Jack Bauer power hour - and watched…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-k-brown/i-went-to-target-once-and-picked-up-three-seasons-of-24-what-i-call/)

[Sterling K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sterling-k-brown/)

> [Busy is good, you know. Busy is better than bored, and there's more recognition. Like, I try to feign the anonymity which I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sterling-k-brown/busy-is-good-you-know-busy-is-better-than-bored-and-there-s-more/)

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