Top 34 Quotes & Sayings by Tahar Rahim

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Last updated on April 14, 2025.

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, FBI Agent Ali Soufan in The Looming Tower, Judas in the film Mary Magdalene, and Charles Sobhraj in The Serpent. Rahim garnered critical acclaim and nominations for the Golden Globe Award, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

French - Actor | Born: July 4, 1981

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

Tahar Rahim

If I don't love my character, I can't do it.

Tahar Rahim

With 'Eagle of the Ninth,' every shot was extremely planned and organized. The director was like, 'Do this!' And I say, 'How was it?' and he says, 'Good.' It was very odd. I would never know where he was headed, or even if he was shooting me at a close-up or from a distance.

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

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

Tahar Rahim

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

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

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

Everybody is not completely traumatised by their life.

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 don't spend much time on Twitter. I joined because I found it funny.

Tahar Rahim

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

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

I sometimes feel that racism is getting worse.

Tahar Rahim

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

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've always refused to play terrorists.

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 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

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

Tahar Rahim

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

Tahar Rahim

Movies don't have borders.

Tahar Rahim

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

Tahar Rahim

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

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

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

Tahar Rahim

I dont spend much time on Twitter. I joined because I found it funny.

Tahar Rahim

Sometimes you do things without knowing the plan or how many cameras. You serve the camera - that's the big difference.

Tahar Rahim

I dont know how to get bored. I need to learn to rest.

Tahar Rahim

Im an actor, full stop. Not an Arab actor. Not an actor of Algerian origin. Just an actor.

Tahar Rahim

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

Tahar Rahim

I knew Id have to go to Paris eventually, and I didnt want to be the provincial kid who just turns up and says, I want to act.

Tahar Rahim

Top 34 Quotes & Sayings by Tahar Rahim

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