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 with an audience in the most heightened way I possibly can.
Mahershala AliIt felt like it disrupted my rhythm in growing up. But I will say that I'm really grateful for [my mother's] own personal transition.
Mahershala AliAs 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, they start drawing these lines and creating confines in their life to live within certain lines.
Mahershala AliAgain, having - fortunately having never been in trouble. And eventually I found out that I was on a watch list.
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