Paradise’s Sterling K. Brown Gets Real on ‘Difficult’ — and Transformative — Conversations in Parade’s Exclusive Cover Story
The Emmy winner gets candid about the Hulu political thriller Paradise, his close relationship with his wife and kids, and moving forward in an industry that’s shifting from ‘race-blind’ casting to ‘race-specific.’
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Read the full interview here. Video link here. Notable quotes are below.
On race in the entertainment industry: “I think the industry has moved to race-consciousness [casting] rather than race-blindness. I think race-blindness was a good place to start, to open it up to all ethnicities. Being considered is a wonderful thing. But now, when you're writing with an ethnicity, with a minority in mind, there's something about that person's background you want to use to highlight the story you want to tell. That's a way more powerful thing.”
“I try to have these conversations with the writers, with the director, and be like, ‘O.K., I see how this was conceived, and now, how do we make it for me?’ so it doesn't feel like I'm generically there, but specifically there.”
On supporting his ‘This Is Us’ co-stars through the L.A. wildfires: “There's been all kinds of community. We've been talking to each other, to
In these situations, he says, “You just make yourself available in whatever way you can. We've talked a couple of times since it all went down, but you give her space, too, because it is such a devastating thing to figure out. She’s just taking it one day at a time.”
On 18-year marriage to actress
On raising a teenager (Andrew, age 13): “Teenage boys, I don't know if they're different than girls. I have nothing to compare it to except for This Is Us. He has a tendency to be very close to the vest, my oldest son. I want to give him his privacy and his autonomy, but I need to let him know that your dad cares about every facet of your life, right? So, if and when you want to share with me, you can share whatever you want. He's a great student. The kid makes straight As. He's a great athlete. He plays soccer like nobody's business. And he's a great friend. The people that he's close to, he is ride or die. I have no real horror stories to report with regards to raising a teenager other than I just want him to talk to me more.”
On fatherhood: “Fatherhood has changed me in ways I thought it would and in ways I could not have possibly imagined. I always felt like I was put on the planet to be a dad. And then I got a chance to be a dad, and I was like, ‘Yeah, this is what I've been waiting for.’”
On his career trajectory: “I was an economics major at
On Paradise’s similarities to current events: “Paradise in no way is a reflection of the world in which we live. It is a work of fiction. Similarities to characters that you see in real life are just by chance. You wind up creating a work of fiction, and then life happens, and you realize, ‘Oh, it's not as fictional as we thought it was going to be.’”
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