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 we have to do it again? Oh, we're doing it again? We're doing it again?' It's so gratifying, but I don't think I'll ever get used to it. I hope I won't.”

“Atlanta has become and has always been a place where you create your own universe.”

“Music has always been a part of my life, and it helps me a lot because it speaks for me when I can't speak for myself.”

“My father was retired military, and my mother was an educator. She was incredibly creative. I used to love going to her school during the summer and helping her decorate her classroom. I would draw Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck. She was a sixth grade teacher. She and my father are the ones that got me into my love of music.”

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

“Theater's literally where I started.”

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

“I think that Atlanta has this huge well of black culture and openness to share all the things that we have made there.”

“In my household growing up in Fayetteville, N.C., music was the great communicator between my parents and me.”

“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 names. It's all about reflecting my life and my art.”

“I stay in contact with my castmates from 'Atlanta' almost every day.”

“Acting really started for me because I was in a house full of adults. They never shielded their lives from me. They were adults going through this world doing what they had to do. I used to like to watch them and imitate them. They all have their own distinct personalities; even though they're family, we couldn't be more different people.”

“I went to college in Atlanta, so I know that city.”

“Sometimes, you need someone to believe in you when you don't believe in yourself.”

“I really love Instagram for the artwork.”

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

“I have been the hugest HBO fan since I was 3, watching programming that I had no business watching as a child.”

“I love the element of surprise, throwing people off of what they think they know about what I can do and who I am. I just want to keep doing that.”

“There's something about being onstage, man. No matter what age I am or where I'm going, theater will constantly be the thing that accepts me and embraces me.”

“You can put Trump in the White House, but you need to prepare for a revolt because I'm going nuts.”