“I'm a fan of odd meters. For example, I've decided to sing 'No Busines...” — Brian Stokes Mitchell Quote

“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.”

“I studied film scoring and orchestration and conducting and arranging in my twenties, and I scored a lot of television shows and other things.”

“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.”

“I'm interested in looking for solutions because it's become the case that in fashion you're either a villain or a victim. Look at the industry's very limited remit in terms of body size, for example.”

“As regards literary culture, it fascinates me that it has been so resilient to the Union. For example, when T.S. Eliot wanted to become poet in these lands, it wasn't as an English poet, it was an Anglian poet he wanted to be.”

“I knew that my interest lied in international stories. I was interested in how women were living under the Taliban, for example.”