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" I always say I'm not going to work: I'm going to play with my friends. "

Brian Tyree Henry

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

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

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

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" On top of trying to find my way in this business and losing my mother and trying to figure out what family meant to me and everything - 2016, there was a lot of anger from me and a lot of anger all around. I think the hardest part was to really realize that all these things, it's worth it. "

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

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" It's really humbling and gratifying to see that people are finally realizing that we are talented and we have things to say and that our stories are just like your stories. There's no reason that anybody from Wisconsin or Turkey can't relate to 'Atlanta.' "

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" 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.' "

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

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

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Believe In Yourself

" 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. "

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

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

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

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" At Morehouse, I found myself and my voice, and I didn't want to lose that at Yale. "

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" 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. "

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" I usually get approached by older white ladies of a certain class, with their pearls and, you know, their Talbots on and everything, and they're like, 'We just have to say, we know we're not your demographic, but we love Paper Boi; we really love this show, and we love what you're doing.' It's totally cool. "

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" 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? "

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