Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Quotes

"I'm so thankful every day."

"I just want to do work that gets people excited and makes them feel things, no matter their economic or racial background."

"Acting was always in the back of my head."

"I kind of just skyrocketed out of graduate school."

"I'm from a place where young people traditionally do not have resources."

"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."

"I wanted to be Michael Jackson as a kid."

"I think that everybody likes the bad guy."

"I have a lot of fun playing quote unquote villains because I think the bad guys get to have more fun, right?"

"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."

"I'm a thinker."

"I surprise myself by the things I get excited by."

"I'm not very excitable as a person. What I say is, I'm always chillin', I'm always chillin'."

"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."