There was a sadness over me, a melancholy. That’s always been a part of me – those are some of the things that lead you to the arts. Mahershala Ali Read Quote
Like so many families, we were dealing with limited means. We weren’t poor at all, but we had some challenging times financially. When my stepdad got laid off… we were really trying to find our footing for a couple of years. Mahershala Ali Read Quote
My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn’t date; I couldn’t go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren’t interested in explaining. Mahershala Ali Read Quote
Regardless of theology or however you see life or relate to worshiping God, as an artist, my job is to tell the truth and then try to connect with these characters and people as honestly and deeply as possible. Mahershala Ali Read Quote
I prayed every day of my life, and that was instilled in me as a kid, and as I’ve gotten older, that’s just matured in me. Mahershala Ali Read Quote
At graduate school in 1999, I finally had the chance to examine why I believe what I believe. I realised that I’d had no period in my life where I’d consciously tried to develop my own theology. Mahershala Ali Read Quote
It’s funny how you can be thought of as somebody who humanizes bad guys, and I’ll take that, but it is something that gave me pause, and I started speaking to my team about finding a good guy. Mahershala Ali Read Quote
My parents were in high school when I was born. My mom was 16, my dad was 17. They were kids, at the very beginning of coming into their own and finding themselves. Mahershala Ali Read Quote
I remember clearly, when I was about 4, my Aunt Linda said, ‘I’m not babysitting him no more. He’s bad.’ It was one of the first conscious shifts I remember making. I decided, ‘I’m going to be good now.’ Mahershala Ali Read Quote
