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

I love being outside, and I love the fresh air.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Years ago, I couldn't get arrested in commercials because of my look: 'Is he Jewish, Hispanic, or African-American?' I ended up doing voiceover work, which has been great. Honestly, I can't complain.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

If you can make an audience laugh, you can make them love any character.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

I hate those vacuous musicals, the happy-happy, 'Let's have a good time' shows.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

I always like to talk about how important space is. Art is in the spaces. Anybody can sing a note; it takes an artist to sing the spaces. Anybody can paint a brushstroke; it takes an artist to know when not to put the brushstroke.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

I didn't really think I liked jazz all that much until I was about 18. That's when the freedom and possibilities of it began to seem appealing to me.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

The thing about doing concerts is that it's doing a live show. It's on my schedule. It's songs I want to sing. It's saying what I want to say. It's working with the people I want to work with. I don't have to worry about pleasing other people - I can do what I want, and people come along and go for the ride.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

I'm fortunate that I've been able to work on Broadway, but it doesn't give me an outside life. So I decided to go into the concert world. I do 40 to 50 shows. That takes one to three days a week, and I'm home the rest of the time.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Through most of my life, music has been like a radio that plays and plays in my head.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

I like being different people.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

I'm a fan of odd meters. For example, I've decided to sing 'No Business Like Show Business,' but I'll be doing it in constantly changing 5/4, 7/4 and 11/4 time signatures. I've found a way to make that work.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

When I was preparing 'Kiss Me, Kate,' I did go to the Museum of Broadcasting and watched an old kinescope of Alfred Drake doing the role on a television special. It was interesting, but I didn't feel any need to try to copy him.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

I am always looking for the next show.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

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

When you have a community that's strong in the arts, it brings all sorts of attention and different businesses into the community.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

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

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

I was practically raised with Christmas music.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

I'd been playing the piano since I was 6 and wanted to be a composer, but I also wanted to be an actor. I decided to just pursue both and see which won out.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Brian Stokes Mitchell Quotes

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.

I love being outside, and I love the fresh air.

Years ago, I couldn't get arrested in commercials because of my look: 'Is he Jewish, Hispanic, or African-American?' I ended up doing voiceover work, which has been great. Honestly, I can't complain.

If you can make an audience laugh, you can make them love any character.

I hate those vacuous musicals, the happy-happy, 'Let's have a good time' shows.

I always like to talk about how important space is. Art is in the spaces. Anybody can sing a note; it takes an artist to sing the spaces. Anybody can paint a brushstroke; it takes an artist to know when not to put the brushstroke.

I didn't really think I liked jazz all that much until I was about 18. That's when the freedom and possibilities of it began to seem appealing to me.

I'm fortunate that I've been able to work on Broadway, but it doesn't give me an outside life. So I decided to go into the concert world. I do 40 to 50 shows. That takes one to three days a week, and I'm home the rest of the time.

Through most of my life, music has been like a radio that plays and plays in my head.

I like being different people.

I'm a fan of odd meters. For example, I've decided to sing 'No Business Like Show Business,' but I'll be doing it in constantly changing 5/4, 7/4 and 11/4 time signatures. I've found a way to make that work.

When I was preparing 'Kiss Me, Kate,' I did go to the Museum of Broadcasting and watched an old kinescope of Alfred Drake doing the role on a television special. It was interesting, but I didn't feel any need to try to copy him.

I am always looking for the next show.

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.

When you have a community that's strong in the arts, it brings all sorts of attention and different businesses into the community.

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.

I was practically raised with Christmas music.

I'd been playing the piano since I was 6 and wanted to be a composer, but I also wanted to be an actor. I decided to just pursue both and see which won out.