Barkhad Abdi Quotes
- 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…
- The line was originally, ‘Captain Phillips, get a load of me: fancy-free on the seven seas,’ but I ad-libbed.
- I left Somalia when I was seven years old, but I witnessed a whole year in a war.
- When you work with a great director, you realise you are far from being a director.
- 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 would DJ pool parties in Minneapolis, but I never swam there!
- I just want to keep acting and better my craft and see how far it goes.