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Brian Tyree Henry, is quoted 72 times on QuoteForever. The subjects that come up most often are Atlanta, Sisters, Great Thing and Speaks.

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I'm a huge pin collector.

I was in show choir in high school.

Aja Naomi is one of my good friends.

The humility keeps me going forward.

I really love Instagram for the artwork.

Hug your mom. Hug your mom and thank your mom.

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

Atlanta, in itself, is its own living, breathing thing.

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

Every single person you can think of called me Paper Boi.

I dare somebody to go to Atlanta and not have a good time.

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

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

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

I learned everything I know about music from my parents and my sisters.

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

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

Atlanta's a great city to cultivate your own thing - from fashion to music to food.

Things are constantly evolving, and anything could happen. And that's exciting to me.

I discovered that acting gave me this spark, this thing. Honestly, it was a way to survive.

Really trying to find the people who really ride for you and are down for you, that's hard.

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

When I was three years old, one of the first albums I ever heard was Michael Jackson's 'Off the Wall.'

I was working with the likes of Steve McQueen, Matthew McConaughey, Viola Davis, just running the gamut.

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

That's the great thing about being an actor: getting the opportunity to do something that really speaks to you.

The most important thing I feel in the acting profession is to create a community that reflects you back to you.

You play the honesty of the characters and show a side of them that people can relate to and want to get to know.

Atlanta's the hub of black culture, and it's OK to be you there - it's the city that really shaped me to be who I am.

I don't think I'm going to be back on 'This Is Us.' I think that Uncle Ricky had his moment; he did what he had to do.

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.

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

I hope Paper Boi runs for president. I hope he does. Governor, mayor, senator, I hope he does it all. You better believe it.

TV can be a thread between all of us, and it can be a powerful tool to examine life and love and what we all have in common as humans.

It's not without its flaws - it's still the South and the Bible Belt - but Atlanta is one of those cities that's really good at uniting people.

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.

My mother had a gorgeous singing voice, and she'd play these amazing vinyls. My favorite was 'But Not for Me,' on the 1954 album 'Chet Baker Sings.'

You can't share your magic with everyone. Your job is to live within your magic. And if other magical people find you, then let's go and make a brew.

What does it serve any studio to not reflect the lives of people who are giving you money, who are crying out to you, 'Hey, please tell our stories.'

My mom loved road trips, and sometimes we'd drive down to North Carolina. Though my parents were separated, she wanted me to stay connected with my dad.

I never thought that 'Atlanta' would go off and do what it was gonna do. I never thought that I would get recognized for that show the way that I have been.

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.

I never really thought about what kind of career I wanted to map out for myself. I just wanted to do work that spoke to my heart. 'Atlanta' definitely did that.

My sisters were teenagers when I was born, so the last thing they wanted was a little nappy-headed boy running around. I would imitate them or copy things off TV.

The great thing about James Baldwin and his writing is that it's still fresh every time you pick it up. That's also the sad thing about his writing sometimes, too.

I've discovered people in my lifetime who are like, 'I always wanted to sing but... ' It's like, 'Well then, did you try?' My thing was always not caring about failure.

At the end of the day, it's incredibly important to have a show like 'Atlanta' because if we can't stand up for and celebrate each other, then who will? Who will do it better?

I'm very grateful, first of all, for my friends and my family because they keep me grounded, and they make sure I'm taking care of myself and that I'm keeping my sanity about me.

If you are conscious and really want change in this world, and you don't vote, then what was all the fighting for? All the things our parents and our parents' parents fought for?

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.

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