Lyriq Bent

“My focus is films, and 'Angela's Eyes' is one of those TV projects that has some good TV concepts behind it and good writing.”

“I particularly like Strellson because I love one-stop shopping. I don't like going store to store. I want to go to one store: look, see, buy, go. But shopping takes time. If I have three or four hours, I play golf.”

“Sometimes you work with people, and you just don't want to even be in their space, but you do it because it's your job, you know.”

“When I was 19, I went door to door selling long-distance phone service to put myself through school. I was studying to become a computer graphic technician. I always got strangers saying, 'You should model; you should act.' A co-worker finally said, 'Go see this acting coach.'”

“My thing is film, really.”

“There are interesting tensions that will naturally occur with any relationship. No matter what setting, what era, the tension is very, very real. It's basic human tension.”

“It resonates with me the way women tell stories, the way they see things, and the way they attach what they see to certain emotions.”

“As Jamaicans, we're very resilient and strong-willed people.”

“I can't hold a note. I tried a singing lesson, but my vocal coach kept giving me the stink eye.”

“For a very long time now, we've seen things one way, which is through the eyes of men. Quite frankly, I'm a little bit bored by our stories and the way we perceive things.”

“It's a very organic feeling to have something really speak to you and kind of lay out the blueprint for you.”

“It was so important that women were involved in 'She's Gotta Have It' because it's about a woman's opinion. It's about her views of herself, and the world around her, and how the world perceives her, and finding that ground for herself - not even a common ground, but that ground for herself in which she can walk on firmly with confidence.”

“I have played bad-guy roles, but they were significant to the story.”