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Mahershala Ali

Mahershala Ali

American actor

Sep 25, 2026

3:52
And with her being there, the family is adrift.
3:56
Yes.
3:57
And then so he finds himself immediately trying to fill her shoes.
4:01
And I think he's so resentful and afraid to fill that void.
4:10
And I think he feels like he...
4:13
I don't think he feels like he's capable of it.
4:16
And so therefore, I think the top of the film, he finds himself essentially mad at God for putting him in this position.

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15:06
And that, to me, is the crux of what makes this different from other movies, sort of action thrillers.
22:36
which is directed by the director that was originally attached to the blade project right
22:41
and when i look at the benefits of what i got to do opposed to what i thought i was supposed to do i honestly feel creatively i feel fulfilled by your mother what i think the marvel of it all taught me is that I hadn't really, it was kind of the opposite of why I wanted to get off a house of cards.
23:02
First of all, I could tell that part wasn't growing.
23:03
It was almost felt like it was kind of getting smaller.
23:05
And I was like, I felt frustrated by that.
23:07
Cause I felt like, oh, I wanted to move into this leading man space that I'd been sort of fighting so hard to kind of get to and dreaming up.
23:13
At that time I was living in New York and like walking around in Brooklyn and people being like, yo, Remy, Once people knew my character name and could identify me with something, that scared me a bit because I think I really prided myself on at least working to be transformational and working to be different in different things.

7 MINS LATER

30:49
worked in New
6:48
I mean, what was that feeling like? Like, and when did you kinda let it go?
6:53
I think in some ways I'm probably just now starting to like let certain things go, because I think I've begun to let go of my expectations of the world and the business.
7:06
It's kinda like you're fighting with people to see you how you see yourself.
7:10
And like even when they start doing that, you realize like, ah, you still don't get it.
7:15
And like you're constantly trying to explain yourself to people, or explain your taste, or explain your instincts.
7:21
And people are hiring you for your instincts, but then like not respecting your instincts.
7:25
So part of me, I feel like there's been this larger letting go as of late, and giving over more so to the things I can control and let go, letting go of the things that I can't control.

22 MINS LATER

30:08
You grew up on the West Coast.
22:01
Which is directed by the director that was originally attached to the Blade Project, Bassam Turek.
22:06
And when I look at the benefits of what I got to do opposed to what I thought I was supposed to do, I honestly feel, creatively, I feel fulfilled by your mother.
22:18
What I think the marvel of it all taught me is that I hadn't really, it was kind of the opposite of why I wanted to get off a house of cards.
22:27
First of all, I could tell that part wasn't growing.
22:29
It was almost felt like it was kind of getting smaller.
22:31
And I was like, I felt frustrated by that because I felt like, oh, I wanted to move into this leading man space that I'd been sort of fighting so hard to kind of get to and dreaming of.
22:39
At that time, I was living in New York and like walking around in Brooklyn and people being like, yo, Remy.

7 MINS LATER

29:58
You grew up on the West Coast.
21:56
Which is directed by the director that was originally attached to The Blade Project, Bassam Tureen.
22:01
And when I look at the benefits of what I got to do opposed to what I thought I was supposed to do, I honestly feel, creatively, I feel fulfilled by your mother.
22:13
What I think the marvel of it all taught me is that I hadn't really, it was kind of the opposite of why I wanted to get off a house of cards.
22:22
First of all, I could tell that part wasn't growing.
22:24
It was almost felt like it was kind of getting smaller.
22:26
And I was like, I felt frustrated by that because I felt like, oh, I wanted to move into this leading man space that I'd been sort of fighting so hard to kind of get to and dreaming of.
22:34
At that time, I was living in New York and like walking around in Brooklyn and people being like, yo, Remy.

7 MINS LATER

29:57
up on the west coast.
22:08
which is directed by the director that was originally attached to the blade project
22:12
and when i look at the benefits of what i got to do opposed to what i thought i was supposed to do i honestly feel creatively i feel fulfilled by your mother what i think the marvel of it all taught me is that I hadn't really, it was kind of the opposite of why I wanted to get off a house of cards.
22:33
First of all, I could tell that part wasn't growing.
22:35
It was almost felt like it was kind of getting smaller.
22:37
And I was like, I felt frustrated by that.
22:38
Cause I felt like, oh, I wanted to move into this leading man space that I'd been sort of fighting so hard to kind of get to and dreaming of.
22:45
At that time I was living in New York and like walking around in Brooklyn and people being like, yo, Remy, Once people knew my character name and could identify me with something, that scared me a bit because I think I really prided myself on at least working to be transformational and working to be different in different things.

7 MINS LATER

30:09
You know, I think about that sometimes.
8:43
that elevate your performance even more? Because this may be your greatest work.
8:48
Thank you.
8:49
Thank you.
8:49
Thank you.
8:50
Honestly, I drew a lot from my children.
8:54
I hope I inspired.
8:55
I know they inspired me so much.
27:52
Show up.
27:52
Right? And so I think that's the thing that I found where I don't think I ever got to become the scorer I wanted in real athletics- Yeah, yeah ...
28:01
in sports.
28:01
So I think I've always fought for- So that was like your driving factor.
28:05
In part it was like, in ac- let's go straight up in the acting space, I know I'm more of a scorer than what- Yeah ...
28:11
I'm not getting shots.
28:13
Yeah.

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36:32
Yeah.

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