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.

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

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

If you're going to go to an audition, you don't want to go in trying to force yourself into some archetype that has been thought up by a director and translated by a casting director.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.