Mahershala Ali Quotes


I wanted to get that Division I scholarship and play ball and go to school for free, and I was always about getting to that next step... I was always ahead of myself in some way, shape or form, and trying to envision how to get further along and closer to fulfilling that dream of being free and having creative agency, so to speak.


Citations

Feinberg, Scott. "'Awards Chatter' Podcast — Mahershala Ali." The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2017.

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Mahershala Ali
Mahershala Ali
  • Born: February 16, 1974
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Actor, Rapper

Mahershala Ali is an American actor and former rapper who is the recipient of several accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, a BAFTA award, a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019. In 2020, The New York Times ranked him #23 in its list of the 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century.