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

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

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

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.

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

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

Everybody is not completely traumatised by their life.

I sometimes feel that racism is getting worse.

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.

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

If you truly believe in something that is totally rejected by others, then you've just made a difference.

There is no passion like that of a functionary for his function.

Sister Hinckley and I are learning that the so-called golden years are laced with lead.

There is no safe standard to tell man from animals.

You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writers in the world.

I collect dice and I collect coins. I travel the world so I love dice, I always have dice on me. I collect magnets as well.

I did what I felt, and I felt what I did, at all costs.

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but [we do know] it is our sacred duty.

An artist is completely amoral in that he will rob, beg, borrow, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done.

The insolence of the vulgar is in proportion to their ignorance. They treat everything with contempt which they do not understand.