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“It was really a focus on how to in some ways keep moving in this direction towards something that allowed me to express myself in a way that sports didn't.”

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I went to a mosque in Philadelphia with [my wife] in December 24, 1999. And we we went to this mosque in Philly, and…

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I grew up in church. My mom's a minister, and my grandmother was an ordained minister. I was always very mindful of the presence…

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Like so many families, we were dealing with limited means. We weren't poor at all, but we had some challenging times financially. When my…

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I think how strict my mother's home could be with my mom and my stepfather, there was a fluidity and freedom in my dad's…

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My mother is an ordained minister. I'm a Muslim. She didn't do backflips when I called her to tell her I converted 17 years…

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My experiences growing up - my father lived in New York, so I was going out there in the summers and meeting really interesting…

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I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a…

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You are an American, so you're hurt that other American citizens have been hurt, but you end up having to shoulder the shame for…

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My parents were in high school when I was born. My mom was 16, my dad was 17. They were kids, at the very…

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Because on that watch list, they would be like, yeah, your name - they told me like, yeah, your name matches the name of…

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I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show…

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One thing that the audience, and perhaps critics, aren't aware of is that, especially in a film like 'Moonlight,' you always shoot a lot…

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