Lyriq Bent Quotes

It's a very organic feeling to have something really speak to you and kind of lay out the blueprint for you.

- Lyriq Bent

When I was 19, I went door to door selling long-distance phone service to put myself through school. I was studying to become a computer graphic technician. I always got strangers saying, 'You should model; you should act.' A co-worker finally said, 'Go see this acting coach.'

- Lyriq Bent

I particularly like Strellson because I love one-stop shopping. I don't like going store to store. I want to go to one store: look, see, buy, go. But shopping takes time. If I have three or four hours, I play golf.

- Lyriq Bent

For a very long time now, we've seen things one way, which is through the eyes of men. Quite frankly, I'm a little bit bored by our stories and the way we perceive things.

- Lyriq Bent

It resonates with me the way women tell stories, the way they see things, and the way they attach what they see to certain emotions.

- Lyriq Bent

It was so important that women were involved in 'She's Gotta Have It' because it's about a woman's opinion. It's about her views of herself, and the world around her, and how the world perceives her, and finding that ground for herself - not even a common ground, but that ground for herself in which she can walk on firmly with confidence.

- Lyriq Bent

I can't hold a note. I tried a singing lesson, but my vocal coach kept giving me the stink eye.

- Lyriq Bent

There are interesting tensions that will naturally occur with any relationship. No matter what setting, what era, the tension is very, very real. It's basic human tension.

- Lyriq Bent

As Jamaicans, we're very resilient and strong-willed people.

- Lyriq Bent

My focus is films, and 'Angela's Eyes' is one of those TV projects that has some good TV concepts behind it and good writing.

- Lyriq Bent

I have played bad-guy roles, but they were significant to the story.

- Lyriq Bent