Quotes from 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.

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

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.'

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.

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

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.

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 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.