I'm a big guy: I look like a linebacker, you know? But no one cares, really, that I'm educated. I have a copy of 'Fire Next Time' by James Baldwin in my bag. I have an Ibsen play in there,… — Brian Tyree Henry Copy Share Image
I love that you can just walk into the club and hear Young Jeezy or hear Fetty, and it's on. — 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
