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Brandon Victor Dixon
American
Actor
Born:
Sep 23
,
1981
About
Every
People
Power
Speak
You
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That's the kind of work I like to do: challenging work that has a message.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Work
Kind
Like
Message
Challenging
Every experience I've had with 'Power' has been so great, so to become a series regular was fantastic.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Great
Experience
Power
Become
Every
Has-Been
Had
Been
Fantastic
Regular
Series
We, as a society, have become very fixed in our ideas of how things were, how they are, and how they should be.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Become
Society
Our
Ideas
How
Were
Very
Fixed
Should
Things
Art is meant to bring people together. It's meant to raise consciousness.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Art
Together
People
Meant
Consciousness
Bring
Raise
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.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Music
Rights
Legend
Think
Enough
Rights Movement
Berry
Civil
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Movement
Know
Involvement
His
Gets
Movement
Credit
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.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Music
Soul
People
Old
First
Big
Elton
Elton John
Range
John
Diverse
Like
First Of All
Soul Music
Am
Array
Big Fan
Influences
Fan
Mean
Then
Wide
Wide Range
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.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Music
Power
Live
Think
Our
About
Performance
Motown
Much
Really
Aspect
Production
Live Performance
I grew up in the Episcopal Church, went to private school in that church, went to chapel every day.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Day
Every Day
School
Church
Every
Chapel
Private
Private School
Up
Grew
Episcopal
There's nothing wrong with being honest about what you are.
Brandon Victor Dixon
You
Nothing
About
Wrong
Being
Being Honest
Honest
I really only knew the name Berry Gordy growing up, but I didn't know what he looked like or anything about him.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Berry
About
Only
He
Knew
Name
Like
Know
Looked
Him
Up
Anything
Really
Growing
Growing Up
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.
Brandon Victor Dixon
People
Impossible
Relatively
Recollect
Clear
Passed
Eras
Times
Often
Situations
After
Midst
Them
Themselves
Perspectives
Harder
'Rent' audiences tend to be pretty vocal. They scream and cheer a lot.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Pretty
Vocal
Tend
Cheer
Rent
Audiences
Lot
Scream
My No. 1 artistic inspiration in theater is Brian Stokes Mitchell.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Inspiration
Mitchell
Artistic
Theater
Brian
I think 'Rent' will run forever.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Will
Think
Run
Rent
Forever
My love for The Four Tops cannot be expressed greatly enough.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Love
Enough
Tops
Greatly
Cannot
Expressed
Four
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.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Democracy
You
People
Speak
Matter
Country
Sense
Think
Our
Say
Athlete
People Say
Voice
No Sense
Part
Know
Makes
Lot
Up
Use
Who
Actor
Need
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.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Democracy
People
Speak
Our
Out
More
More People
Participate
Because
Encourage
Up
Who
Grows
Need
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.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Took
Bit
Broadway
Kid
Longer
Always
Than
Sensation
Wanted
Little
Little Bit
Star
Actually
The first musical I ever saw was 'Ragtime.'
Brandon Victor Dixon
First
Saw
Musical
Ever
I feel like the more we speak for and support others, the less we'll have to worry about speaking for and supporting ourselves.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Speak
Others
Worry
Ourselves
About
More
Support
Feel
Supporting
Like
Speaking
Less
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.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Me
Opportunity
Singing
Band
Dancers
Top
Out
Silver
Superstar
Had
Around
Coming
Tank
Jeans
Ever
Things
Style and image - it's what Motown is about. They had a charm school led by Maxine Powell. There was literally an artists' development department.
Brandon Victor Dixon
School
Style
About
Charm
Had
Development
Led
Motown
Department
Artists
Literally
Image
If people are coming to 'Hamilton' to leave their politics behind, you came to the wrong show.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Politics
You
People
Wrong
Leave
Coming
Came
Hamilton
Behind
Show
I very rarely go back to do shows again. I'm done once I've learned the lessons I need to learn.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Back
Once
Rarely
Learn
Learned
Go
Very
Done
Again
Lessons
Shows
Need
Telling diverse stories is at the heart of our culture.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Heart
Culture
Our
Telling
Diverse
Stories
I spent summers in my room listening to cast albums, like 'Les Miserables,' every night. I knew it backwards and forwards. I want to be the first black Jean Valjean.
Brandon Victor Dixon
Listening
Backwards
Black
First
Every
Summers
Spent
Be The First
Cast
Knew
Like
Want
Room
Les
Les Miserables
Jean
Forwards
Albums
Every Night
Night
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