What I believe will make my acting career successful going forward is hard work. I like to challenge myself. Then it's the people I meet and choosing the projects I want to work on correctly. There's a lot of characters I can play.
I dont see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me and I like the story, I will go for it. - Barkhad Abdi
I dont see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me and I like the story, I will go for it.
- Barkhad Abdi
When I was leaving Yemen to come to America, things were tough. My dad had just been laid off, and it was a challenge. When I lived in Yemen, I thoug… - Barkhad Abdi
When I was leaving Yemen to come to America, things were tough. My dad had just been laid off, and it was a challenge. When I lived in Yemen, I thoug…
It is weird. A lot of people try to ask me political questions. Im not a politician. - Barkhad Abdi
It is weird. A lot of people try to ask me political questions. Im not a politician.
When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director. - Barkhad Abdi
When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.
I was lucky enough to have parents that took me out from country to country and go to school and learn how to be a better person. - Barkhad Abdi
I was lucky enough to have parents that took me out from country to country and go to school and learn how to be a better person.
The line was originally, ‘Captain Phillips, get a load of me: fancy-free on the seven seas,’ but I ad-libbed. - Barkhad Abdi
The line was originally, ‘Captain Phillips, get a load of me: fancy-free on the seven seas,’ but I ad-libbed.
What I believe will make my acting career successful going forward is hard work. I like to challenge myself. Then it's the people I meet and choosing… - Barkhad Abdi
What I believe will make my acting career successful going forward is hard work. I like to challenge myself. Then it's the people I meet and choosing…
I left Somalia when I was seven years old, but I witnessed a whole year in a war. - Barkhad Abdi
I left Somalia when I was seven years old, but I witnessed a whole year in a war.
I just want to keep acting and better my craft and see how far it goes. - Barkhad Abdi
I just want to keep acting and better my craft and see how far it goes.
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