Every day alive in the 'Power' world is a beautiful day.
Brandon Victor Dixon
There's nothing wrong with being honest about what you are.
Oh, yeah - 'The Good Wife' was a lot of fun to do. It was a short scene I did, but Josh Charles was very nice, and Julianna Margulies was so sweet. We had a very good time.
I don't think in a box. I think in a sphere.
For me, religion is a political construct, and spirituality is a community construct, and there's a real difference.
My love for The Four Tops cannot be expressed greatly enough.
We need to encourage people to speak up, to speak out, because the more people who participate in our democracy, the more our democracy grows.
Part of the elements of the electoral college is creation. Certainly it was created in slave states and them wanting to balance power, but there's not a specific set of the country always determining who the president is.
The biggest thing Motown did was change our social fabric: the way we interacted with each other as human beings.
I love theater. You can't replicate the live format.
Berry Gordy is a music legend, and we all know that, but I don't think Berry gets enough credit for his involvement with the civil rights movement.
'Hamilton' and 'Shuffle Along' are closely connected because the ensembles are all friends, and they both deal with historical figures and the impact they've made on American life.
That's the kind of work I like to do: challenging work that has a message.
Every experience I've had with 'Power' has been so great, so to become a series regular was fantastic.
I'm an artist - I'm an actor - so when I'm looking for something, I'm looking for stories.
I grew up as a Christian, and one of the many things in Christian mythology that did not dovetail with real life is that human beings are not monochromatic in their being.
I'm an activist and advocate. I have empathy. It is hard to ignore causes.
The time for frivolous entertainment has passed. You can be entertained while at the same time learning from and growing with the people around you.
I'm artistically critical of my own work.
We, as a society, have become very fixed in our ideas of how things were, how they are, and how they should be.
Art is meant to bring people together. It's meant to raise consciousness.
We welcome Donald Trump at 'Hamilton,' absolutely.
I have a wide range of influences - I mean, first of all, I am a big, big fan of old soul music. Then, there's people like Donny Hathaway, Elton John... a diverse array of music.
I think that there is such power with the live performance of it - so much of what 'Motown' is about is the live performance aspect, really. The power of our production is really the music and the performances.
I grew up in the Episcopal Church, went to private school in that church, went to chapel every day.
I work in musical theater because people keep writing quality stories in the genre, and I'm really all about investing in a piece that says something about our current time, that is, a reflection on who we are today.
Whether or not your candidate wins, the crucial importance is the integrity of our voting system. You have to engage in the process in order to change it.
People talking about making America great again? America's never been great. The greatness of America is in its pursuit of greatness.
We have to look honestly at ourselves and recognize the positives, the negatives, and the challenges we can overcome.
I really only knew the name Berry Gordy growing up, but I didn't know what he looked like or anything about him.
It is relatively impossible for people to have clear perspectives on themselves when they're in the midst of them, and often harder to recollect after the times, eras, and situations themselves have passed.
Nothing surprises me about Berry Gordy.
The producers, the creators, and the cast, we recognize that 'Hamilton' is an inherently American story told by the definition of an American community; we are men and women of different colors, creeds, and orientations.
'Rent' audiences tend to be pretty vocal. They scream and cheer a lot.
I practice a personal meditation and have a gala apple before each show.
My No. 1 artistic inspiration in theater is Brian Stokes Mitchell.
I think 'Rent' will run forever.
My introduction to Motown was through The Jackson Five and Michael Jackson. Michael's been my greatest creative inspiration, so that's how I really became familiar with Motown as a whole, and as I got older, I learned far more about the other groups.
As a country, we like to ignore our past. We don't like to look at it.
It's important to seize any opportunity one has to speak to their elected representatives, no matter the situation.
I know a lot of people say, 'You're an athlete or actor... and you shouldn't speak up.' I think that makes no sense. No matter who you are, no matter what you do in the country, you're a part of our democracy, and if you have a voice, you need to use it.
I think that it's important to make criticisms of the government as a whole and criticisms of the policies, but to do so in a way that you can invite the individuals who maybe were on the opposition before, or who voted for somebody whom you are in disagreement with... that you open the door for a conversation with those people.
I always thought from my knowledge of London theater and the audiences here that they would appreciate a truly genius piece of theatrical work.
My business partner Warren Adams and I formed our company WalkRunFly as part of what felt like a logical progression: if you want to execute things to your satisfaction, then you want to have as much control as you can. That leads to helping create work for others, not just yourself.
I was a fan of 'Power' before I was working on the show, so I'm excited by every script that comes into my hands.
I always wanted to be a Broadway star. That's actually what I wanted to be when I was a kid. I wanted to be the 19-year-old sensation on Broadway. It took a little bit longer than that.
The first musical I ever saw was 'Ragtime.'
I'm a very philanthropically oriented individual. There are a lot of causes that I support, and I'm a big fan of advocacy.
I feel like the more we speak for and support others, the less we'll have to worry about speaking for and supporting ourselves.
Coming out in a bedazzled tank top and silver jeans and singing 'Superstar' with a 36-piece band and 28 dancers around me is one of the dopest things I've ever had the opportunity to do.
