Yara Shahidi

therapeutic experience that I don't even know if I took away the biggest lessons from until like a year later because it was me making a fool of myself for 12 weeks, which I had never done, of being like... I remember one time I had a guest, Alton, and he's an incredible gymnast. I cannot do a handstand. More than that, I have no desire to do a handstand. I'm a black belt in karate.

therapeutic experience that I don't even know if I took away the biggest lessons from until like a year later because it was me making a fool of myself for 12 weeks, which I had never done, of being like... I remember one time I had a guest, Alton, and he's an incredible gymnast. I cannot do a handstand. More than that, I have no desire to do a handstand. I'm a black belt in karate.

There are things that I like to do that I'm good at, but I say to the team, I'm like, hey, guys... I can't cartwheel. Don't want to cartwheel. I'm down to try other things out, but just FYI. They call action. They're like, yeah, we're going to teach you how to cartwheel. Wow.

There are things that I like to do that I'm good at, but I say to the team, I'm like, hey, guys... I can't cartwheel. Don't want to cartwheel. I'm down to try other things out, but just FYI. They call action. They're like, yeah, we're going to teach you how to cartwheel. Wow.

I tell you, I went into the bathroom and shed a single tear because it was just such an embarrassing experience for me of being like, oh, I'm doing something. By the end of the learning session, I still couldn't cartwheel.

I tell you, I went into the bathroom and shed a single tear because it was just such an embarrassing experience for me of being like, oh, I'm doing something. By the end of the learning session, I still couldn't cartwheel.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

And I think for me, that idea of not having that linear progress was really frustrating to deal with, of being like, yeah, I know you have to grow in things, but as long as I see myself growing, I'm good. It's those moments where the growth is so granular and so small that I've had to continue to move through to be like, no, you've got to wait it out.

And I think for me, that idea of not having that linear progress was really frustrating to deal with, of being like, yeah, I know you have to grow in things, but as long as I see myself growing, I'm good. It's those moments where the growth is so granular and so small that I've had to continue to move through to be like, no, you've got to wait it out.

You may not know how to cartwheel four times doing this. You may not know for the whole year. I still don't know. But my friends have signed me up to teach me next week.

You may not know how to cartwheel four times doing this. You may not know for the whole year. I still don't know. But my friends have signed me up to teach me next week.

I mean, again, a question I ask myself. I think some of it is the public-facing pressure of... knowing the stakes of failure at times, knowing we don't, I think especially the time that Black-ish came on air, you know, we're still one of the only, we were one of the only Black families on broadcast. And so it also meant you're kind of a part of this small group of

I mean, again, a question I ask myself. I think some of it is the public-facing pressure of... knowing the stakes of failure at times, knowing we don't, I think especially the time that Black-ish came on air, you know, we're still one of the only, we were one of the only Black families on broadcast. And so it also meant you're kind of a part of this small group of

peep of actors that have this opportunity to be on prime time television every week for the whole world to see. And I think it just created this sense of responsibility of being like, oh, I want to be as responsible as possible. And I think, however my brain worked, I moved being responsible to being, again, as correct as possible, moving as properly as possible.

peep of actors that have this opportunity to be on prime time television every week for the whole world to see. And I think it just created this sense of responsibility of being like, oh, I want to be as responsible as possible. And I think, however my brain worked, I moved being responsible to being, again, as correct as possible, moving as properly as possible.

And still couldn't tell you where I got it from because not how I was raised. I was raised under like, yeah, you make mistakes, you figure it out. That's part of life. Like you can fail in as long as you feel like you learned something, even just spiritually worth it.

And still couldn't tell you where I got it from because not how I was raised. I was raised under like, yeah, you make mistakes, you figure it out. That's part of life. Like you can fail in as long as you feel like you learned something, even just spiritually worth it.

So I don't know.

So I don't know.