Yara Shahidi

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TED Talks Daily · Let curiosity lead | Yara Shahidi (re-release) · 28 Jun 2025 podcast

It's to acknowledge our infinite possibilities when the world tries to convince us it is indeed finite.

So refuse to let your world get smaller, and let's build new futures together.

Thank you.

The School of Greatness · The 4-Step Practice That Heals What Blocks Manifestation · 9 May 2025 podcast

I think anecdotally, it's the feeling of have I peaked? Because there's always that feeling of why is this coming? Sometimes there's a, I deal with the question of why is this coming easily? Why is this coming easily? You know, I've had, I've just felt very lucky in that I wasn't the kid that woke up and said I had to be an actor. For me, it was I have a creative urge and instinct.

I started in printing commercials. I said no to auditioning for my first movie when I was seven because I'm like, I love printing commercials. I go play. Half the time I'm playing with my family.

I'm taking photos or a commercial. You're hula hooping. You're biking. You're just doing different things.

and so when i had done my first movie at seven i think what it unlocked in me again wasn't even the instinct of oh i have to do this for the rest of my life but was that was a lot of fun i learned how to ice skate i got to make pancakes i got to work with these cool people that was super fun uh and i think because again i've always had this diversity of interests

In some ways, as much as I think every actor, and I'm always dealing with rejection and misdirection, it's come kind of easy in that I'm like, I've gotten to go to school and be on a show. That's unheard of. And they made it happen. After a call, it took a lot of work, But after a call, they were on board. There was no convincing that had to happen.

I think if it wasn't for COVID, they were going to move the entire shooting schedule to the summer. So I just had an unencumbered year, again, unheard of. And that comes from everybody from the president of ABC to the president of Signature to the president of to the line producer all working in tandem.

I think that's the flip side feeling like, is this right? Is this right that it comes with ease? But I think. I've started to realize ease is the alignment and it's because it should, there should be ease. Yeah. When there's alignment, there's ease. And I think the thing I've been in my family has always been is pretty discerning.

There's still ways to become more discerning, but I think I was like, Oh, some of the ease is because there's been such a discernment of pretty immediately of like, Oh, that's not for us.

And I mean, there've been challenges within that, but for the most part, I'm like the fact that macro, I'm not walking out with any crazy stories about being on set as a child actor. I'm not walking out with any crazy traumas from, from 10 years on set. Like I'm like, wow, how lucky.

You know, I have a family that takes pride in us as individuals, both me and my brothers, handling our money and having a grasp of money management. So I'm like, we've never had a fear that one day it's going to be gone because I know where it all is.

I was doing an interview about money yesterday and they were like, so what were your money troubles? And I'm like... You got to see how I was raised. I'm so again, I feel so lucky. I'm like, I was raised with a family that was so intentional about being like, we want you to feel in charge and autonomous and we're here to guide you. But I was going, mommy set it up.

So I'd go make friends with accounting at Blackish and I'd go pick up my check every week where typically you don't see it as an actor. It gets sent to your team and then you see kind of the end result. I got to see it. I got to see how much the percentages were. I got to see. What the taxes were, and I was able to check.

I remember one time there was the wrong amount on my check, and I was savvy enough at 14 to be like, hey, this isn't the right amount.

They're like, oh, yeah, you're right. So I'm saying, again, it is easy to feel guilty, to be like, why have I had it so good in the general scheme of things? Uh-huh. And I really couldn't tell you why, but I think I'm coming to terms with the fact that even on this road to self-discovery, I do have to say I've known myself pretty well.

And so I'm realizing that some of this is the result of having known myself and continuing to learn myself.

They let me be so quirky, you know, like it did not cross my mind.

Yeah.

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