I grew up in church. My mom's a minister, and my grandmother was an ordained minister. I was always very mindful of the presence of a greater being I call God.
Mahershala AliThe freedom that I wanted as a kid would - probably would not have been good for me and not in the way in which I wanted it.
Mahershala AliI became more curious about the story behind the story [in the House of Cards]. So what was really going on behind the headline? And it's a little bit sad that that show, it doesn't seem so much like entertainment the way it did back when we started doing it.
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.
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