[My grandmother] was the assistant pastor at Palma Ceia Baptist Church in Hayward - my grandmother, Evie Goines. And so my mother was doing - I remember when my mother graduated from beauty college, so I was about 5, and so I guess she was about 21. And I just remember being there, taking the pictures and seeing her get her diploma and everything. But she was doing hair for many years. during that time, she kind of started to discover or tap into her religious studies. It was around the time I was starting to go through puberty and hitting, like, 12, 13.
I've personally been on the outside sometimes. But I was - I personally was never persecuted especially in the way in which sharing my own experience… - Mahershala Ali
I've personally been on the outside sometimes. But I was - I personally was never persecuted especially in the way in which sharing my own experience…
- Mahershala Ali
The people that I admire have a wonderful balance of self-belief and humility. - Mahershala Ali
The people that I admire have a wonderful balance of self-belief and humility.
At the end of the day we're all spirits having a physical experience. - Mahershala Ali
At the end of the day we're all spirits having a physical experience.
As a kid, you're starting to grow up and want more freedoms. But if you have people who are absorbing and adopting religious principles and teachings… - Mahershala Ali
As a kid, you're starting to grow up and want more freedoms. But if you have people who are absorbing and adopting religious principles and teachings…
I think how strict my mother's home could be with my mom and my stepfather, there was a fluidity and freedom in my dad's existence that I enjoyed whe… - Mahershala Ali
I think how strict my mother's home could be with my mom and my stepfather, there was a fluidity and freedom in my dad's existence that I enjoyed whe…
I think my mom gave me the borders, the - gave me a very clear understanding of what the perimeter was. And I had to find my fun within those boundar… - Mahershala Ali
I think my mom gave me the borders, the - gave me a very clear understanding of what the perimeter was. And I had to find my fun within those boundar…
When you graduate is when you start to find yourself looking at the information in the audition breakdown and it says tall black African - or African… - Mahershala Ali
When you graduate is when you start to find yourself looking at the information in the audition breakdown and it says tall black African - or African…
I think what I've learned from working on "Moonlight" is we see what happens when you persecute people. They fold into themselves. - Mahershala Ali
I think what I've learned from working on "Moonlight" is we see what happens when you persecute people. They fold into themselves.
What inspires me today is a desire to get closer to an understanding of what my artistic capacities are with the hope of organically sharing my gifts… - Mahershala Ali
What inspires me today is a desire to get closer to an understanding of what my artistic capacities are with the hope of organically sharing my gifts…
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