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Mahershala Ali Quotes
American
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Actor
February 16, 1974
Your life, your circumstances change, and you have to continue to grow as a person, and once you have means and opportunity, you have to make different choices to protect what you have.
Mahershala Ali
Life
Change
You
Opportunity
Choices
Circumstances
Continue
Protect
Different
Grow
Make
Means
Once
Person
Your
'Mahershala' is my nickname.
Mahershala Ali
Nickname
I have had that same experience where there are several people who have come up in my life at the right time and have made critical contributions to how I see the world and how I see myself.
Mahershala Ali
Life
Myself
Time
World
Contributions
Critical
Right Time
Several
I See
Come
Experience
Had
How
Made
My Life
People
Right
Same
See
Up
Where
Who
At that moment in time when we feel like the other, we were not the person embraced, not one of the cool kids, not in the club - when you're that person, it makes you feel smaller, and when they persecute you as a result, that's a difficult position to be in.
Mahershala Ali
Cool
You
Time
Moment
Club
Embraced
Persecute
Position
Result
Smaller
Difficult
Feel
Kids
Like
Makes
Other
Person
Were
Who is that person that comes around and says, 'You are OK, you are worthy, you are special?' That makes all the difference in the world for many of us. Those are the people we appreciate the most.
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You
World
People
Person
All The Difference
Appreciate
Difference
OK
Says
Special
Worthy
Around
Makes
Many
Most
Those
Us
Who
Social media has colonized what was once a sacred space occupied by emptiness: the space reserved for thought and creativity.
Mahershala Ali
Social Media
Space
Creativity
Media
Emptiness
Occupied
Reserved
Sacred
Once
Social
Thought
My friends in college, several of whom are still my closest companions, would tell you that I was almost obsessed with becoming - fixated on creating - the future that I envisioned for myself: one of expanding to know my fullest self, which I have in no way achieved.
Mahershala Ali
Myself
Future
You
Way
Achieved
Becoming
Closest
College
Companions
Creating
Envisioned
Expanding
Fixated
Fullest
Obsessed
Self
Several
Whom
Almost
Friends
Know
Still
Tell
Which
Would
Understand that we are all co-creators of our respective destinies.
Mahershala Ali
Understand
Our
Destinies
Respective
In my humble opinion, the ages 22 to about 27 are the most critical years of your adult life. It's your time to gestate in the cocoon of becoming.
Mahershala Ali
Life
Time
Humble
Your
Adult
Adult Life
Ages
Becoming
Cocoon
Critical
Humble Opinion
Opinion
About
Most
Years
I do believe that there are creative chakras or different sorts of energy centers.
Mahershala Ali
Believe
Energy
Creative
Different
Centers
Sort
I found myself sort of becoming a character actor, though I don't know if that would be my natural makeup.
Mahershala Ali
Myself
Character
Makeup
Know
Becoming
Character Actor
Natural
Actor
Found
Sort
Though
Would
Would-Be
I haven't gotten to do the leading man thing, so I would love to do that!
Mahershala Ali
Love
Man
Thing
Would
Gotten
Leading
Leading Man
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People are really paying attention to the comic-book genre, and there's a lot of time and attention being invested in these projects with a wonderful sense of quality control.
Mahershala Ali
Time
People
Quality
Control
Attention
Genre
Invested
Paying
Projects
Wonderful
Wonderful Sense
Being
Lot
Really
Sense
Cottonmouth is the result of having to react to his circumstances. He had to, in some ways, take control of the situation and own his circumstances. But as a result of that, he became a person he didn't intend to become.
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Situation
Control
Person
Result
Became
Circumstances
Intend
React
Become
Had
Having
He
His
Own
Some
Take
Ways
I was a sports kid.
Mahershala Ali
Sports
Kid
I really enjoyed working with Mariah, Alfre Woodward's character, because she's a wonderful actor, and I felt we had a natural chemistry that was reflective of real family members.
Mahershala Ali
Family
Character
Real
Chemistry
Enjoyed
Family Members
Members
Natural
Reflective
Wonderful
Woodward
Actor
Because
Felt
Had
Really
She
Working
It's still amazing, but when I was growing up, Harlem was the Mecca of black culture. I was so inspired by it, the aspirational feeling you'd get spending time there. Experiences that were really specific to that place.
Mahershala Ali
You
Time
Culture
Black
Amazing
Experiences
Growing Up
Harlem
Inspired
Mecca
Specific
Spending
Spending Time
Feeling
Get
Growing
Place
Really
Still
Up
Were
To get to play someone who was in some capacity the King of Harlem, that meant something to me. Deep within my bones. I was inspired by the energy that I knew to be a real thing.
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Me
King
Energy
Real
Bones
Capacity
Deep
Harlem
Inspired
Meant
Real Thing
Get
Knew
Play
Some
Someone
Something
Thing
Who
Within
What you see in 'Daredevil' and 'Jessica Jones' isn't the Hell's Kitchen of today; it's a version of what it was like.
Mahershala Ali
Today
You
Hell
Kitchen
Daredevil
Jessica
Version
Like
See
I don't really compare any of the characters I play; I try to go into them being very open to what the characters can offer and what I can bring to them and then bring a being to life.
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Life
Go
Try
I Can
Characters
Compare
Offer
Any
Being
Bring
Open
Play
Really
Them
Then
Very
It's about very talented writers, directors, producers, and actors being in a position for their projects to be supported, but there's just not enough black projects being made.
Mahershala Ali
Black
Enough
Being
Just
Directors
Position
Producers
Projects
Supported
Talented
Writers
About
Actor
Made
Very
There are not enough going into production so that we can tout them. Look at 'Precious'... In order for them to stand out, they have to get made in the first place, and that's just not happening enough.
Mahershala Ali
Look
Enough
Stand
Place
First Place
Happening
Precious
Production
First
Get
Going
Just
Made
Order
Out
Them
I watch a lot of home stuff; I like seeing things go from one thing to another and get fixed up.
Mahershala Ali
Home
Go
Like
Things
Fixed
One Thing
Seeing
Another
Get
Lot
Stuff
Thing
Up
Watch
I owe a lot to my time on 'House of Cards' because, up until I booked that show, I had been working consistently for 12 years, but I wasn't working on anything that mattered in the way 'House of Cards' did to its audience, to casting directors, to directors and producers. The show hit this sweet spot.
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You want entertainment in general, every aspect of it, to be more of a reflection of the diverse world that we live in.
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You
World
Reflection
Live
Aspect
Diverse
Entertainment
General
Every
More
Want
Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
Mahershala Ali
World
Way
Television
Film
Cultures
Film And Television
Mixing
Organic
Races
Reflected
Should
Very
I wanted to take on my full name, which was sort of a crazy thing to do considering that we're in Hollywood.
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Crazy
Name
Hollywood
Take
Considering
Full
Sort
Thing
Wanted
Which
I think if you have any desire to be a leading man or to really carry some of these stories, there's this relationship that has to be cultivated with an audience. People have to be able to say your name.
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You
Man
Relationship
People
Carry
Cultivated
Desire
Leading
Leading Man
Able
Any
Audience
I Think
Name
Really
Say
Some
Stories
Think
Your
Marvel has such a huge slice of the pie.
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Pie
Slice
Marvel
Huge
At a certain point in my career, I was probably having a difficult time 'holding space.' So you get a character that has to be commanding in order for him to resonate and make sense.
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You
Time
Character
Space
Certain Point
Commanding
Difficult Time
Holding
Resonate
Career
Certain
Difficult
Get
Having
Him
Make
Order
Point
Sense
The call for diversity is about recognizing that in order to be in the conversation come awards season, it goes back to the content that is being produced.
Mahershala Ali
Conversation
Diversity
Back
Being
Awards
Content
Produced
Recognizing
Season
About
Call
Come
Goes
Order
When you have these surprise breakout films that do well, that have good performances in them, it puts a lot of pressure on the Academy to recognize those projects, so it's more of a conversation about what is greenlit.
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Good
You
Conversation
Pressure
Academy
Breakout
Films
Performance
Projects
Puts
Recognize
Surprise
About
Lot
More
Them
Those
Well
I think #OscarsSoWhite is about there not truly being enough people of color represented.
Mahershala Ali
People
Think
Enough
Being
Color
Enough People
Truly
About
I Think
Hollywood has to be a better reflection of the world we live in.
Mahershala Ali
World
Reflection
Better
Live
Hollywood
For my characters, it's important to get really specific about what they listen to. Because it affects how they move in the world.
Mahershala Ali
World
Important
About
How
Affects
Characters
Specific
Because
Get
Listen
Move
Really
Come on, we would be foolish to say that there's never been African-American leads in some capacity, people of color in some capacity, leading shows or what have you. But it hasn't happened enough and in a manner that is an accurate reflection of the world that we live in.
Mahershala Ali
You
World
People
Reflection
Accurate
African-American
Capacity
Color
Foolish
Happened
Leading
Leads
Manner
Been
Come
Enough
Live
Never
Say
Shows
Some
Would
Would-Be
'Luke Cage' is about a reluctant superhero who lives in the shadows in Harlem. He has to decide if he's going to step up and fight for the heart of the city and defend the people against Cornell 'Cottonmouth' Stokes, my character, who kinda wants to keep everything in order and intact. I'm the criminal element in the story.
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I really wasn't into comic books growing up.
Mahershala Ali
Growing Up
Up
Comic
Really
Comic Books
Books
Growing
I loved going to superhero films growing up - you come home, and you pretend to be those people, and it ends up informing much of what you aspire to be. And that's what I will say is important about the genre.
Mahershala Ali
You
Home
People
Will
Aspire
Ends
Films
Genre
Growing Up
Informing
Pretend
Superhero
About
Come
Going
Growing
Important
Loved
Much
Say
Those
Up
As young people, you want to see people who in some way look like you to some degree, because it makes it a little easier for you to aspire to take on the qualities of those people.
Mahershala Ali
You
People
Look
Way
Aspire
Degree
Easier
Qualities
Young People
Because
Like
Little
Makes
See
Some
Take
Those
Want
Who
Young
I'd always wanted to do a Marvel project, and I'd always imagined getting to play one of the superheroes because it's such a hard thing to get. It's the parts that only go to a few people. The flip side of that is the antagonists are pretty awesome.
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People
Go
Getting
Always
Awesome
Few People
Flip
Hard Thing
Imagined
Marvel
Parts
Project
Superheroes
Because
Few
Get
Hard
Only
Play
Pretty
Side
Thing
Wanted
In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
Mahershala Ali
Good
You
Time
Thinking
Explore
Good Time
Little Bit
Morality
Range
Villains
About
Actor
Because
Bit
Different
Just
Little
More
Often
Really
Side
Story
If you're throwing someone off a roof, you're throwing them off the roof. It's there. You don't have to do anything extra with that. The audience is obviously going to react to that because it's such a heightened thing to do. But in the other moments, you really look for ways to craft those, because they're more important, honestly.
Mahershala Ali
You
Look
Important
More
Craft
Extra
Honestly
Moments
Obviously
React
Roof
Throwing
Anything
Audience
Because
Going
Off
Other
Really
Someone
Them
Thing
Those
Ways
There are instances where you're in a space with someone who has been extraordinarily successful, and they don't necessarily connect with you as another person. You can be a prop for them to deliver their stuff, and you're just another element in the scene.
Mahershala Ali
You
Space
Who
Person
Connect
Deliver
Element
Extraordinarily
Necessarily
Prop
Scene
Another
Been
Has-Been
Just
Someone
Stuff
Successful
Them
Where
I don't have a wallet. I carry my driver's license and a couple of credit cards in my phone. That, and a money clip.
Mahershala Ali
Money
Cards
Phone
Credit
Carry
Clip
Couple
Credit Cards
Driver
License
Wallet
I always hope to be a better person tomorrow than today.
Mahershala Ali
Hope
Today
Tomorrow
Better
Better Person
Always
Person
Than
To really be conscious of how long the journey is, be patient, push yourself, persevere, and always be working on your craft while waiting for your break. That's what I'm still working on, having done this for 20 years now.
Mahershala Ali
Waiting
Journey
Long
Yourself
Be Patient
Break
Conscious
Craft
Patient
Persevere
Push
Always
Done
Having
How
Now
Really
Still
While
Working
Years
Your
The people that I admire have a wonderful balance of self-belief and humility.
Mahershala Ali
People
Balance
Humility
Admire
Wonderful
I believe that everything has a shelf life.
Mahershala Ali
Life
Believe
Everything
I Believe
Shelf
Shelf Life
I Believe That
I have to say goodbye to things in order to take on bigger things that I've always wanted to do.
Mahershala Ali
Always
Things
Goodbye
Say
Bigger
Order
Take
Wanted
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