Brian Tyree Henry

In my household growing up in Fayetteville, N.C., music was the great communicator between my parents and me. ”

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. ”

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

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. ”

I was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, which is where J. Cole is from. I went up to Washington, D.C., where my mother moved, to stay with her, and then moved back to North Carolina to finish junior high and high school. ”

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.' ”

I think that's the best thing about being black is that we find a way to make our own communities and always give room for people to pull up to our tables. We always provide a way for other people from different walks of life to come into the communities that we have built because we're so used to being excluded. ”

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

This is the city that kind of formulated who I am. And, not only that, but to be black in Atlanta is one of the greatest things because you can go anywhere and feel familiar with anyone who's right next to you, from Bankhead to Buckhead. ”

I hope that there's a little black boy somewhere in Montana that never thought that he would see a reflection of himself, and he turns on the television, like, 'Oh my God, thank you.' ”