Brian Stokes Mitchell : (4)

" I’m one of the few lucky actors in the world. I’ve never waited tables. I never pumped gas. I’ve always earned a living. I never had to borrow from my parents. I was the first in our family to own a new car. " - Brian Stokes Mitchell

" I always say it takes three weeks to know a character and three months to own it. And I think that’s probably true of every theater artist. If you really want to see a performance of the show, wait three months. " - Brian Stokes Mitchell

" I have been fortunate in my career to play a lot of lead roles. The downside to that is I don’t have a life outside of the show. I go on lockdown even with my wife if the show is really difficult and I am having vocal problems. " - Brian Stokes Mitchell

" People in the performing arts have a lot of other skills they don’t realize they can utilize, and part of what the Actors Fund program is there to do is wake their head up to realize there are other things they can do. " - Brian Stokes Mitchell