I wanted to become a champ - I was surrounded by champs in my family and in my neighborhood - and because of this stupid accident, I lost my opportun….

It's like all the signs were telling me that I shouldn't be a boxer, so I quit..

I always say I was born too late in the world, too old..

Brave is good - especially when you are a soldier..

I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream..

An actor cannot say no, it’s against his job. If he wants the part he has to say yes. [But] it’s very bad for you to say you can do something and the….

I don't feel restricted by the language: I feel more free..

People sometimes recognize me here, but they are very nice..

My father was champion of North Africa and he beat the European champ. He was very good, a professional for 12 years. We're from a big family of boxe….

It's not only imagination, it's the distortion of the vision. You suddenly think, "This person is idealistic, this person is strong, this person has ….

Imagination creates some big monsters..

When I was a kid, I was watching the movies my parents wanted to watch. I came from a working class family, not specifically educated, so we were wat….

Everybody has some talents - we all have an art side and some talent - but you have some areas where you are better than others. My area is acting, I….

Love is based on imagination..

And what's more I've got no need for anyone to tell me how to do it. I am not interested. You act how you want to and leave me alone to do my own thi….

I see my friends, my family, my cousins work all day long for very little money, and if I have this problem of not being able to wall on the streets,….

When you're a foreigner, at the beginning you are far away from the culture. Then, little by little, you start to interact with people, have friends,….

I played a scene at the end of my first year, and that's how I was discovered..

And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you become like a factory worker..

Before, I was so stupid. But, you know, when you have friends who died on the street, you say, okay, let's calm down. It's not the kind of energy I w….

I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard..