Brian Tyree Henry Quotes

In the early years, I found a voice that was my voice and also partly my father's voice. But isn't that what you always do? Why do kids at 5 years old go into the closet and put their daddy's shoes on? Hey, my kids do it.

Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it.

I genuinely haven't really had a rebellious phase. I think it's just because of the way I was brought up. I think it's because I left home when I was ten years old.

Oddly enough, my grandfather probably had more of an influence on me than my father.

I used to stand in front of the mirror in my bedroom. I shared a bedroom - like a lot of people in my era, in my neighborhood - with my two brothers and an uncle. And I'd stand there in front of the mirror over the dresser and I would practice: meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views of Cicero, Bacon and Baba.

I was an only child, and I spent a lot of time alone. My dad was an only child, too, so we didn't have a big family, and I was really close with both of my parents. Like any kid, I thought I knew more than they did.

I am the younger version of my father. I try to be as normal as I can.

So much of life's dramas, good and bad, play out against family and so it's really inspiring for any number of stories in all the fields I write in.

I grew up in Omaha and Milwaukee, and was always a very inquisitive kid.

I look like my mother but behave like my father.

I grew up one of three girls, and none of them were into comic books, so I wasn't exposed to that world.

I didn't grow up reading magazines; I was very much in an environment where that would have been deemed trivial, frivolous.

It's shocking when you start to grow up and realise that your parents had a life before you! But why would you? Sometimes you don't really have a need to.

Traveling has been a really big part of my upbringing and I've been fortunate enough to travel for different reasons. I'd like to think that it has had an impact on my character and personality, which ultimately affects my music.

People often ask me when I realised that I was different. Some people seem surprised that it's a question that I cannot answer. I was never told that I was different. I was always just Sinead; I was just like my dad.

I come from a family of seven, so growing up I always thought I'd like a big family.

We all have baggage from our upbringing! That's life!

When I was growing up I would always watch the more experienced players to see what they were doing and why they were doing it.

I was brought up in the same house I was born in, and I lived there until I left home as an adult. I also went to a Catholic school, which was full of Irish girls whose parents never split up, so everyone I knew had these big family set-ups.

I've been shadowing my brother since I was a little kid. Maybe that helped me feel more comfortable with the big guys.

Having seven kids, you love being in a position where you know how you act, what you say, and how you help someone can ultimately impact their long-term success or belief or confidence.

Watching promos of my dad and stepdad... it's a lot to live up to. I don't want to make them look stupid.

I didn't know my mother was an actress until I was eight and she went back to work. At an even younger age than that, I'd wanted to be an actress, so when I saw her, I clearly remember thinking, 'This is a strange coincidence.'

I am not really trying to act like my dad.

I grew up pretty fast because I had a lot of older brothers and sisters.