Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown

Always have an attitude of gratitude.

Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown

Empathy begins with understanding life from another person's perspective. Nobody has an objective experience of reality. It's all through our own individual prisms.

Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown

I do not believe that any particular religion has any monopoly on salvation.

Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown

I have tremendous respect for Christopher Darden, and I recognize him as an individual of integrity, who did his job to the best of his ability, and I want to tell him thank you. Thank you for enduring hatred from his own community, for being ostracized and called an Uncle Tom and a sellout.

Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown

One of my favorite things to do, when the ghost light is on and it's just an empty stage - I'll let my shadow spread right across the theater, and I just say to myself, 'For the next few hours, these folks are my responsibility. I get to share in something that is unique.' It's like church.

Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown

Life has to be everything. It can't be all sad. It can't be all peaches and cream. Because the lows have you appreciate the highs. And the highs give you perspective on the lows. If it's not everything, it becomes flat or mundane.

Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown

I think I'll never stop doing theater because it's a more physical and athletic activity. You can't pull any punches; there are no short cuts, and you have to be physically present and committed. I love the excitement and the response of being in front of a live audience.

Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown

Not every character that you play is going to be somebody that you like or love, but every character that you play has a story that is worth telling. If you're not the person to tell it, that's one thing. But if you don't want to tell it because you are afraid of the unpopularity of the character, I view that as a missed opportunity.

Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown

When I finally got the chance to do 'The People v. O.J. Simpson,' my peers embraced me with the same attitude. They didn't make me feel small or insignificant. They treated me as a peer. It was a wonderful experience.

Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown

The most fundamental important thing for me as an actor is maintaining a sense of play. It's so important.

Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown

I'm a spiritual person. I do believe in a higher power. I believe God placed me on this planet to be a beneficial presence.

Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown

You can't really fake chemistry: either you have it or you don't, and you can't have a relationship on screen if you don't have one off screen. I love Sarah Paulson. I absolutely adore her. My wife has given me full permission to love Sarah Paulson, and I look forward to doing that for the rest of my life.

Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown

I was at Stanford University up in the West Coast Bay Area, so the biggest song of my freshman year was 'I Got 5 on It' by Luniz, and the 'I Got 5 on It' remix was the joint that everybody was jamming constantly. And then it was also at that particular time that I became a fan of the Wu-Tang Clan.

Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown

The beauty of theater is that you get to live the character from beginning to end without stopping. The natural momentum of the story propels you through in such a way that feels organic.

Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown

I didn't grow up feeling very handsome.

Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown

With any character you portray, you can never play the end in the beginning. You have to pursue and attack your intention as if they're going to be successful.

Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown

I've always been of the mind that what's mine is mine, and nobody can take it away from me. So when it comes, great. When it goes, great.

Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown

I went to a college prep high school in St. Louis, Missouri. When I graduated from school, I owned this thing called the Headmaster's Cup, and the Headmaster's Cup is for the student who exemplifies the spirit of the institution and is recognized by the faculty and administration.

Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown

I go to Stanford, and I'm an economics major, not thinking I'm going to do anything with acting. A professor came to the dorm where I lived looking for people to audition for an August Wilson play, 'Joe Turner's Come And Gone.' I gave it a shot, got one of the lead roles in the play.

Sterling K. Brown
Sterling K. Brown

My first series regular was on a TV show called 'Starved,' which was so many years ago, and I was the only guy they brought in. So I go in, I read, it goes well. The next day I hear I got the job, and I rejoiced.