Isaiah the prophet, Isaiah's second son was - his symbolic name was Mahershalalhashbaz. And Isaiah was - the Prophet Isaiah was instructed to write the name in all capital letters as a prophecy. And it means hasten to the spoils, speedy as the prey.

I think how strict my mother's home could be with my mom and my stepfather, there was a fluidity and freedom in my dad's existence that I enjoyed when I was around him, though the responsibility was just different. He expected me to carry myself a certain way without all the rules and confines.

Again, having - fortunately having never been in trouble. And eventually I found out that I was on a watch list.

I always hope to be a better person tomorrow than today.

Getting to St. Mary's College was a big deal for me because that essentially led to me getting to go to NYU.

Between the two [parents], it was a really unique upbringing, I think, especially for where I was from.

When you graduate is when you start to find yourself looking at the information in the audition breakdown and it says tall black African - or African-American built such and such. And you start seeing these character descriptions and seeing that, oh, you're only going in for the ones that are described as your look.