Brian Tyree Henry Quotes

I love acting it's apart of me and I try to put a little bit of myself in each of my roles.

The whole thing about acting, the draw for me, is the opportunity to do things you don't get to do in real life.

Acting is still, of course, what I love to do most. The beauty of it is that by changing characters, it never gets boring.

The thing about acting is you don't want to let on how enjoyable it is or then everybody would want to become an actress. But it really is. It's a pleasure to go and exchange your identity.

While I find my job as an actor challenging, I also think that there's fun in that challenge.

It's funny how being an actor forces you to do things or go places that you wouldn't ordinarily.

Once I found acting and found that I could get away with it and make a living out of it, I was thrilled.

I think as an actor you want to keep being challenged.

I'd like to continue acting as long as I enjoy it.

I've never so appreciated what actors do and how strange it is.

What do I love about acting? I love traveling, meeting new people, exploring and just doing what I love.

I love the process of acting, and to turn your passion into a career is the biggest gift.

It just clicked that it was the next step for me; choreographing didn't interest me, and opening a studio wasn't a passion for me. I didn't know if I'd be very good at acting, but then my first scene in acting class... I just loved it.

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.

And I had a lot to play, which is what you want as an actor.

Acting is my first love. There are still so many characters inside of me that are waiting to come out.

That's what I love about acting. There's never a set role. You can be a firefighter, you can be a baseball player, you can be whatever you want in the acting world. I think I've found my calling.

I'm really excited, because the character, Jules, is a really awesome character. I'm really excited to be playing her, and overall, I'm really excited to be getting back to my acting roots.

I definitely still have my hand in acting. I don't think I would be able to walk away from it. It's my passion.

I love acting because you don't have to do the same thing over and over again, every day, and that's what attracted me to wanting to do this for a living. So to be given an opportunity to create something completely different and live that out is the dream. It's incredibly rewarding.

I think that there's not much point to being an actor if you're not enjoying it, so I try to be picky about roles I do like to go out for.

The reason I wanted to be an actor is that I don't want to play me for the rest of my life and make money out of that.

I'm an actor; I want to play roles, not a role.

I slightly lost my enthusiasm for most acting, but I've done some little bits and pieces - curiosities.

What I love about acting is experiencing the absolute moments of - you know - of getting lost in the world you've created for yourself.