I just want to keep acting and better my craft and see how far it goes.
BARKHAD ABDII 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.
More Barkhad Abdi Quotes
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When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.
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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.
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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.
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It is weird. A lot of people try to ask me political questions. Im not a politician.
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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.
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The line was originally, ‘Captain Phillips, get a load of me: fancy-free on the seven seas,’ but I ad-libbed.
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I left Somalia when I was seven years old, but I witnessed a whole year in a war.
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