A biography for Malik Yobahasn’t been written yet.
“I'm a dad; I started a program for young men when my first child was born.”
“I've played lots of law enforcement agents, and I do have friends that are in the bureau, in the DEA, and who are detectives and captains.”
“I fear no one.”
“At the end of the day, people like drama - if everything is great, no one wants to hear about that.”
“I break rules all the time.”
“My experience has shown me that many people struggle with forgiveness of self and/or others.”
“I'm doing work in the community.”
“Fantasies are not always what people think they are.”
“I come up from a music background.”
“People think that it's ok to degenerate and disrespect someone just because they're in the public eye.”
“Sometimes you have producers tell you 'I'm a huge fan, I'm a huge fan.' But David Guggenheim, I have so much love for this dude.”
“People think acting is just memorizing lines and doing facial expressions. No it's about traveling along a path of discovery, intention and connection.”
“It's very rare that Black actors get an opportunity to do period pieces and to have a breadth of characters to choose from in their work.”
“As I kid I watched 'Star Trek' and 'Battlestar Galactica.'”
“If you go back and look at the pilot of 'Seinfeld,' no one would have thought that show would be what it became, and television isn't given that kind of chance anymore.”
“I've never been the actor that's waiting for a job. I always have 15,000 other things going on.”
“We didn't even have a T.V. in my house until I was 13. My dad called it the 'idiot box.'”
“For me, I've always been an entrepreneur.”
“A lot of the shows I have done, I'm often the only black guy and I have often had to play second or third fiddle. It isn't necessarily a bad thing if it is a strong ensemble cast. But I feel people have overlooked my abilities.”
“To me, acting is simple. People put other things in front of it, but it's staying in truth.”