Quotes by Tahar Rahim

About Tahar Rahim:

Tahar Rahim is a French actor of Algerian descent. He is known for his starring role as Malik El Djebena in the 2009 award-winning French movie A Prophet by Jacques Audiard.
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I love fashion as an art; I love fashion as costume, as a character. I don't like dictates and the phoniness of appearance.

Tahar Rahim

What is art? Art talks about life; it's subversive.

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I simply can't wear an outfit if I don't feel that is right for me.

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At the end of the day, I remain a country boy inside.

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I sometimes feel that racism is getting worse.

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I knew I'd have to go to Paris eventually, and I didn't want to be the provincial kid who just turns up and says, 'I want to act.'

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I've always refused to play terrorists.

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I'm an actor, full stop. Not an Arab actor. Not an actor of Algerian origin. Just an actor.

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The mud is cold when you're in the north of Scotland!

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I'm looking for challenges, and as always, what matters is the script, the character and the director.

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Some kids go walking in the mountains, but I just went to the cinema. So when I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, even though this wasn't normal for Arab kids or anyone in the town, they were sort of expecting it and were very supportive.

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Thanks to 'A Prophet,' I'm known in a lot of countries.

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I don't know how to get bored. I need to learn to rest.

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In my town, and especially in my area, there were people from everywhere: Algerians, Senegalese, French people, Asians, all kinds of immigrants and natives, and everyone circulated.

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I learned to walk on my own legs, to dive so deeply into a role to forget that I'm acting.

Tahar Rahim

It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.

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I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.

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We need prisons because there are some hardcore criminals, but I never met a guy who has been in jail that came out with a smile on his face thinking, 'Right, that's it - now I am going to be good!'

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I'd rather have one good scene in a movie by a great director than a small role in a mediocre movie.

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We're seeing TV series that are as good as movies were in the '70s and '80s - shows like 'The Wire,' 'The Sopranos' and 'Breaking Bad.'

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Author Bio

  • NameTahar Rahim
  • DescriptionFrench actor
  • BornJuly 4, 1981
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionActor