Brandon Victor Dixon Quotes

Brandon Victor Dixon

Profession : Actor

Birth : September 23, 1981

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

Everyone you talk to in the world, whether they know it or not, because the catalog is so vast, a lot of times people have favorite songs that are Motown songs that they didn't even know were Motown songs.

Brandon Victor Dixon

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.

Brandon Victor Dixon

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.

Brandon Victor Dixon

When you mess up, what are you going to do? Just keep going. And speak loudly.

Brandon Victor Dixon

'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.

Brandon Victor Dixon

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

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.

Brandon Victor Dixon

As artists, our job is to communicate thoughts and tell stories.

Brandon Victor Dixon

If you empathize with your fellow humans on stage, you can't help but do so offstage as well.

Brandon Victor Dixon

Art is meant to bring people together. It's meant to raise consciousness.

Brandon Victor Dixon

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.

Brandon Victor Dixon

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

My hero is Michael Jackson. Was and continues to be. He's amazing. When I was growing up, it was the time of 'Thriller' and 'Bad.' I'd come home from school and put on the vinyls. I'd put on a white V-neck T-shirt and roll back the carpet and dance for hours. I'd moonwalk and do the spins.

Brandon Victor Dixon

As a country, we like to ignore our past. We don't like to look at it.

Brandon Victor Dixon

Gymnastics is my favorite Olympic sport, hands-down.

Brandon Victor Dixon

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

We welcome Donald Trump at 'Hamilton,' absolutely.

Brandon Victor Dixon

For me, religion is a political construct, and spirituality is a community construct, and there's a real difference.

Brandon Victor Dixon

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