Gay, straight - whatever - adolescents in high school and coming out of junior high, that's such a difficult, awkward period and kids can be so cruel and mean.
Mahershala AliAgain, having - fortunately having never been in trouble. And eventually I found out that I was on a watch list.
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 AliI got into [acting] so late because of sports. And then when I was in grad school, I sort of got lulled into basically forgetting I was black, in - meaning that everyone you play at a conservatory, 95 percent of the characters are non-black.
Mahershala AliI think in some ways, I would go back home, and I didn't really quite fit in and couldn't - didn't have a person to bounce those experiences off of. So I felt a little bit trapped within me, and it made me feel lonely because I really couldn't - the things that were exciting to me, I couldn't really share those with another kid and that other kid understand that.
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