13 Quotes by Lyriq Bent

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

Sometimes you work with people, and you just don't want to even be in their space, but you do it because it's your job, you know.

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.'

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.