My performance, I believe, is about my duty to the script, and my duty to the story that we're trying to tell, and I try to do that in a way that is true, in a way that's going to… — Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Copy Share Image
I had taken an acting class at Berkeley - I was on the track team, and a friend of mine on the team said,… — Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Copy Share Image
I'm from a place where young people traditionally do not have resources. — Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Copy Share Image
For the things that I've been involved in, most of it has really been - it's been a mixture of action and then drama. — Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Copy Share Image
When I think about it, I was working very hard the summer before I applied to graduate school. I was going to the library… — Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Copy Share Image
'Baywatch' was terrifying. I could feel the financial stakes, you know? — Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Copy Share Image
When I was in college, it was on the recommendation of a friend of mine. He recommended that I take an acting class, and… — Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Copy Share Image
I did not sit down and watch 'Baywatch' growing up. But I do specifically remember it coming on, and I remember it going off.… — Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Copy Share Image
I'm not very excitable as a person. What I say is, I'm always chillin', I'm always chillin'. — Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Copy Share Image
