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.’ – Tahar Rahim
I’m looking for challenges, and as always, what matters is the script, the character and the director. – Tahar Rahim
When you agree to work with a filmmaker, it’s important that you accept their world. It’s an adventure. I like that. I throw myself into the director’s arms, into their universe. – Tahar Rahim
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.’ – Tahar Rahim
I learned to walk on my own legs, to dive so deeply into a role to forget that I’m acting. – Tahar Rahim
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
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. – Tahar Rahim
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. – Tahar Rahim
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!’ – Tahar Rahim
I don’t want to say, ‘I want to be in Hollywood,’ like so many actors do, but I know that Hollywood is still making good movies, and I’d like to be part of that someday. – Tahar Rahim
I’m an actor, full stop. Not an Arab actor. Not an actor of Algerian origin. Just an actor. – Tahar Rahim
I’d rather have one good scene in a movie by a great director than a small role in a mediocre movie. – Tahar Rahim
I recall the first time my agent told me to wear clothes specifically chosen for me, I would try and find excuses not to do it. – Tahar Rahim
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. – Tahar Rahim
