Hold tight to the mentality of being a student, meaning hold on to curiosity and approach life as a student.
Mahershala AliYou are an American, so you're hurt that other American citizens have been hurt, but you end up having to shoulder the shame for something that you don't even believe. There's a lot of years where Muslims have dealt with having to make themselves very small and not disrupt the flow and not - make sure that you're not noticed because, you know, deep down inside people are not really excited that you're around .
Mahershala AliGetting to St. Mary's College was a big deal for me because that essentially led to me getting to go to NYU.
Mahershala AliAt the end of the day we're all spirits having a physical experience. That really comes from my relationship with Islam because it just makes me really conscious of my action.
Mahershala AliI think what I've learned from working on "Moonlight" is we see what happens when you persecute people. They fold into themselves.
Mahershala Ali[Crack epidemic] definitely has impacted folks in my family, most definitely. I think that's true for most, if not all people, regardless of color, that grew up in and around areas that were closer to the nucleus of the crack epidemic.If you look at Baltimore or D.C., Detroit, Chicago, Oakland, like, Los Angeles.
Mahershala Ali