132 Quotes by Mahershala Ali

When we get caught up in the minutiae, the details that make us all different... There's opportunity to see the texture of that person.The characteristics that make them unique.

My father, Phillip Gilmore, was very talented. He was getting seriously into dancing. He was on 'Soul Train' and won $2,500. But the Bay Area was too small for him. I don't think he had the space to do what he needed to do.

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

Social media has colonized what was once a sacred space occupied by emptiness: the space reserved for thought and creativity.

I have to say goodbye to things in order to take on bigger things that I've always wanted to do.

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.

What I think I learned from working on 'Moonlight' is you see what happens when you persecute people. They fold into themselves.

I got my Equity card right out of NYU grad school in 2000, doing 'The Great White Hope' at Arena Stage. I played Jack Jefferson. It was an amazing part to walk into, to carry that responsibility for that amount of time. The challenges and the breadth of that role were pretty amazing.

To really be conscious of how long the journey is, be patient, push yourself, persevere, and always be working on your craft while waiting for your break. That's what I'm still working on, having done this for 20 years now.