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Brian Stokes Mitchell
Brian Stokes Mitchell
American Actor
Born: Oct 31, 1957
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That's the magic of art and the magic of theatre: it has the power to transform an audience, an individual, or en masse, to transform them and give them an epiphanal experience that changes their life, opens their hearts and their minds and the way they think. Brian Stokes Mitchell
Life Art Experience Theatre Power Think Changes Minds Way Magic Give Individual Masse Opens Audience Hearts Transform Them
I hate those vacuous musicals, the happy-happy, 'Let's have a good time' shows. Brian Stokes Mitchell
Time Good Hate Good Time Those Musicals Shows
I like being different people. Brian Stokes Mitchell
People Like Being Different Being Different Different People
I think the problem is when people hear 'arts education,' they think, 'I don't want my son to be some painter that's going to be hanging in some museum after he dies. I don't want my daughter to be a struggling artist making no money.' People don't realize it's more than that. It's beautiful. It brings beauty to our lives. Brian Stokes Mitchell
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I've been really fortunate that my concert career has taken off hugely. I can make a living. I enjoy performing in front of a live audience, and I can do something different every time. Sometimes I'm with a quartet, sometimes I'm solo, sometimes with a symphony, and I get to go to different cities and meet different people. Brian Stokes Mitchell
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You lose more than you win in life, and that's OK. That's the nature of life. Brian Stokes Mitchell
Life Nature You Win Lose OK More Than
I studied arranging and orchestration a number of years ago, so I have a home studio and arrange about three-fourths of my songs on the computer. Since writing orchestration is tedious, I often put an arrangement on the keyboard and let someone better-qualified finish it. Brian Stokes Mitchell
Home Writing Keyboard About Someone Finish Computer Songs Studied Studio Put Since Arrange Arrangement Arranging Years Years Ago Often Orchestration Number Tedious
The Actors Fund is a human services organization, so our focus has been on caring for the entire human as opposed to dealing with the disease. Brian Stokes Mitchell
Organization Focus Caring Our Has-Been Entire Dealing Opposed Been Disease Human Fund Actor Services
My mother was the first African-American policewoman in Seattle - recruited, actually - and she did it for only 2 years, as she did not want to carry a gun. She worked mostly on domestic disturbances. The NAACP wanted her to do it. She did not actually have the temperament to be a cop - she was very sweet. She had a Masters in social work. Brian Stokes Mitchell
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One of the interesting things an artist does is they keep rediscovering things, whether it's a jazz piece or a role you've done for 3,000 performances or a song you're singing for the 3,000th time. My job is to find that spark that keeps it fresh and alive. Brian Stokes Mitchell
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For a while, I couldn't get arrested in television because everybody thought of me as that guy on 'Trapper John.' So I thought, 'Great, I'll come out here to New York and do some theater, and when they get tired of me, I'll do something else.' Brian Stokes Mitchell
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I think I just had it by osmosis: an appreciation of Duke Ellington before I really even knew who he was. Brian Stokes Mitchell
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People comment on the way that I phrase. And in my 20s, I realized, my phrasing is jazz phrasing. I don't comply strictly with musical theater phrasing. Musical theater tends to be very one and three, and jazz is definitely two and four. Brian Stokes Mitchell
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Music is liquid. It's meant to be messed with and played with and stretched and pulled and pushed, I think. Brian Stokes Mitchell
Music Think Stretched Pushed Messed Liquid Meant Meant To Be Played Pulled
To me, a theater is a kind of a sacred space. It needs a kind of ceremony, like what happens when you consecrate a church. Brian Stokes Mitchell
Needs Me You Space Church Kind Sacred Like Happens Theater Ceremony
That's what I love about New York. So many people crowded together, pushing against one another. And that's what I hate about New York. So many people crowded together, pushing against one another. Brian Stokes Mitchell
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I wouldn't call what I do 'dance.' Brian Stokes Mitchell
Dance Call
Fear is destructive. Fear and creativity don't mix. Ultimately, it doesn't do you any good. Brian Stokes Mitchell
Good You Creativity Fear Destructive Mix Ultimately Any
Doing eight shows a week is hard. Brian Stokes Mitchell
Week Doing Eight Hard Shows
I kind of feel the career chose me. My motto has always been, 'Go where I'm wanted.' Brian Stokes Mitchell
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The first audition I did was for 'Trapper John, M.D.' I was surprised to get the part, and then to have it last for seven years was a bonus. Brian Stokes Mitchell
First Bonus Seven John Part Audition Surprised Years Get Did Then Last
Variety is the key to not being bored. Brian Stokes Mitchell
Key Bored Variety Being
My job as an entertainer is to give a great show. Brian Stokes Mitchell
Great Job Entertainer Give Great Show Show
My family's very, very mixed. I am, I guess, a kind of melting pot in a person. Brian Stokes Mitchell
Family Guess Melting Melting Pot Kind Pot Am Mixed Very Person
When I moved to Los Angeles, I thought, 'Whatever hits, I'll go that direction. If it's music, fine; if it's acting, fine.' Brian Stokes Mitchell
Music Thought Whatever Fine Angeles Direction Los Los Angeles Go Hits Moved Acting
I love doing theater. It's what I grew up in and is my roots. I get a huge fulfillment from it. But if my path is to go someplace else, hey, I'm there. Brian Stokes Mitchell
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