American - Actor | July 15, 1986 -
My father was Muslim, and my mom is Christian, and we moved from New Orleans to Oakland, so I always had this appreciation for different cultures.
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
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When I was in college, it was on the recommendation of a friend of mine. He recommended that I take an acting class, and so I kind of did. I was very open to feedback and open to suggestions. I had a little bit of space in my schedule, and I guess, as the story goes, I went into an acting class, and I kind of got the bug for it.
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Acting was always in the back of my head.
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I'm so thankful every day.
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I kind of just skyrocketed out of graduate school.
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I have a love-hate relationship with working out. I do not enjoy the experience when I'm doing it, but I never regret it.
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I'm the youngest of six kids, and I grew up with a lot of noise, a lot of music, and a lot of laughter.
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I was studying architecture at Berkeley when my father passed away in 2007. We knew he had cancer, but we didn't expect it to escalate so rapidly. In my mind, it was like, 'He'll pull through.' When he didn't, I didn't understand. I was 21, and my best friend had died.
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I just want to do work that gets people excited and makes them feel things, no matter their economic or racial background.
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If you look at the story of 'The Get Down,' it's the story of young people, unknowns thrown together by their resources, trying to create something.
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I wanted to be Michael Jackson as a kid.
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I did not sit down and watch 'Baywatch' growing up. But I do specifically remember it coming on, and I remember it going off. I watched something that came on right before and then going back to that channel to watch what was coming on afterwards.
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