A biography for Danielle Brookshasn’t been written yet.
“In Greenville, we were blessed to have lots of youth arts programs. I changed middle schools to go to an arts middle school. Then, when high school came, I went to normal high school for a little while before auditioning for the Governor's School for Arts and Humanities.”
“My biggest thing is telling a truthful story, something that is rooted in something and is very honest. If I read a script and you want me to take off my top, and it doesn't serve a purpose, then I'm not going to do it.”
“I was always getting caught for running my mouth. Which is why it was the best thing for me to get into acting so I could express myself.”
“I don't necessarily have one mentor or 'a' mentor. But I do pull inspiration from people, and that's always kind of served me well.”
“You reap what you sow, and sometimes the soil can be very dry, and sometimes it will bring a lot of rain.”
“Clothing is so much a part of who we are; that's our way of expressing ourselves.”
“Sometimes you have to sacrifice your pride to really go after what you want.”
“The sassy black woman who can land a good joke was sort of my go-to audition. Or playing a struggling mother.”
“For me, it's important to be the representation that I wanted when I was a young girl.”
“My mother is a pastor. I think she has her moments where she's like, 'Dani, what are you getting into,' but at the end of the day, she really supports me as an actor.”
“I think theater and church are so relatable because it's traditional call-and-response in the way that an audience interacts with the actors.”
“Designing wasn't something that I was always into, but I wasn't able to find clothes that I wanted to wear. I wanted to be able to walk into any store and have an idea of what I want and go and get it.”
“I've always known I wanted to be an actress. I didn't know quite how I was going to get there because I come from a small town called Simpsonville, South Carolina.”