I got into [acting] so late because of sports. And then when I was in grad school, I … - Mahershala Ali

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Everything is the result of the Law of Action and Consequence but with the possibility that a superior law transcends an inferior law.

Mahershala Ali

I got into [acting] so late because of sports. And then when I was in grad school, I sort of got lulled into basically forgetting I was black, in - meaning that everyone you play at a conservatory, 95 percent of the characters are non-black.

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