Mahershala Ali Quotes

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Mahershala Ali

Profession : Actor

Birth : February 16, 1974

I do believe that there are creative chakras or different sorts of energy centers.

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I haven't gotten to do the leading man thing, so I would love to do that!

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People are really paying attention to the comic-book genre, and there's a lot of time and attention being invested in these projects with a wonderful sense of quality control.

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Cottonmouth is the result of having to react to his circumstances. He had to, in some ways, take control of the situation and own his circumstances. But as a result of that, he became a person he didn't intend to become.

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I was a sports kid.

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I really enjoyed working with Mariah, Alfre Woodward's character, because she's a wonderful actor, and I felt we had a natural chemistry that was reflective of real family members.

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It's still amazing, but when I was growing up, Harlem was the Mecca of black culture. I was so inspired by it, the aspirational feeling you'd get spending time there. Experiences that were really specific to that place.

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To get to play someone who was in some capacity the King of Harlem, that meant something to me. Deep within my bones. I was inspired by the energy that I knew to be a real thing.

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What you see in 'Daredevil' and 'Jessica Jones' isn't the Hell's Kitchen of today; it's a version of what it was like.

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It's about very talented writers, directors, producers, and actors being in a position for their projects to be supported, but there's just not enough black projects being made.

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There are not enough going into production so that we can tout them. Look at 'Precious'... In order for them to stand out, they have to get made in the first place, and that's just not happening enough.

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I watch a lot of home stuff; I like seeing things go from one thing to another and get fixed up.

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I owe a lot to my time on 'House of Cards' because, up until I booked that show, I had been working consistently for 12 years, but I wasn't working on anything that mattered in the way 'House of Cards' did to its audience, to casting directors, to directors and producers. The show hit this sweet spot.

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You want entertainment in general, every aspect of it, to be more of a reflection of the diverse world that we live in.

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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.

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I wanted to take on my full name, which was sort of a crazy thing to do considering that we're in Hollywood.

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Marvel has such a huge slice of the pie.

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At a certain point in my career, I was probably having a difficult time 'holding space.' So you get a character that has to be commanding in order for him to resonate and make sense.

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The call for diversity is about recognizing that in order to be in the conversation come awards season, it goes back to the content that is being produced.

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When you have these surprise breakout films that do well, that have good performances in them, it puts a lot of pressure on the Academy to recognize those projects, so it's more of a conversation about what is greenlit.

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