Sterling K. Brown Quotes

I'm happiest when I'm discussing a script and working with interesting people.

I am extremely passionate about what I do, and the happiest I am is when I'm on set working.

I have been working a lot, and I like it. And you know, it's hard for me not to. I guess I've been working a lot because I get to play with brilliant people.

It's great to work with people that you like, any job, no matter what you do.

I'm probably the only person who goes to work and says 'Wow, it's really nice here and sweet,' even in the competitive movie business.

It's very important to like the people you work with. Otherwise, your job is going to be quite miserable.

When you spend three months of your life doing a movie, it's important to enjoy yourself.

I got my first job when I moved to Los Angeles. I worked at a coffee shop for five years and it was one of the best experiences I ever had. It was a bunch of actors covering shifts for each other and becoming great friends.

In a creative business, if you're happy, it will come out in your work. I don't see how you can be happy if you don't like the people you're working with and if they aren't a joy to have fun with.

And I just want to work with good directors and good people.

'Clybourne Park' was my first job after the birth of my son, who was 11 weeks old when we started rehearsals. And while that was truly harder than anything I've ever done, I was grateful every day to be going to work on such an incredible play, with such a generous, intelligent, supportive group of people.

We should strive to be employed in such a way that we don't realize that what we're doing is work.

When I did '21 Jump Street,' I felt like I was a part of something great, but on a very large scale. Working with people that genuinely want to make good art or good work or a good film, that's what keeps me going.

I have a fun clause in my contract. If I'm not having fun, I can leave.

Sometimes I get a little tired of it. But you know, what a privilege, to get tired of working with Ingmar Bergman.

I depend on good editors and a good director.

I know that I wouldn't mind going back to work if I could find the right script and the right crew to work with.

I'm hoping maybe people like working with me because I like what I do for a living and I want to have a good time.

In my career, I thought I've never wanted to get anywhere in particular. I just wanted to work with interesting people on interesting projects.

I would love to do more films. I really like the whole process of doing that. I like how close you become to everybody.

I love that I love my job, and from what I'm told, that others who I work with do, too.

You go through this business and you meet people that you bond with, and you get to go make movies with them. It's wonderful. What I've always dreamt of, in my career, is to have a brotherhood of collaborators, and go in and out of working with them. I'm just starting to get that, and it's really lovely.

The truth is, I just love to work. I love being on set. I love being around crews. I love being around my fellow actors. Anything that can keep that going is a joy for me.

I've worked with a lot of great directors.

Filmmaking is a miracle of collaboration.