Haznedar 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 better person. ~ 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 the projects I want to work on correctly. There's a lot of characters I can play. ~ Barkhad Abdi

I don't 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

It's a mistake to love you,
I admit it.
It's a disaster to miss you,
I deserve it.
But when it's the reason to leave you,
I hate it,
cause no matter how strong the reason is;
nobody deserves the long farewell. ~ Robi Aulia Abdi

I would DJ pool parties in Minneapolis, but I never swam there! ~ Barkhad Abdi

At night I dream about going to where I played when I was still young. ~ Hawa Abdi

Even if my wings broken,
even if i couldn't fly anymore,
I would rather to stay here,
with you,
with all your wounded stories,
that slowly began to hurt me. ~ Robi Aulia Abdi

life it is worth it ~ Abdi

When I decided to become a doctor, I was very, very young, when my mother, her seventh child, became pregnant, and she was feeling terrible pain, and I could not know how to help her. And my mother died in front of my eyes, without knowing why, which diagnosis. So I decided to be a doctor. ~ Hawa Abdi

Keep creating beauty. ~ Abdi Nazemian

I like 'The Usual Suspects'. Great film. I also like 'Scarface', films like that. Lots of gangster films. I really like watching all kinds of films, dramas, romance. I'll watch comedies. I like Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Denzel Washington, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle. I'd like to meet them. ~ Barkhad Abdi

And I wish she knew that her ability to even utter all these doubts out loud means she thinks highly enough of herself to respect the emotions inside her. I would never let my doubts leave the prison of my brain. ~ Abdi Nazemian

I always thought my own father hated me, but Stephen said to me that nobody truly hates anyone. Hate is just fear in drag, he said. ~ Abdi Nazemian

Women can build stability. We can make peace. ~ Hawa Abdi

I have big hope for the Canadian government to help Somalia with something concrete and tangible. I haven't seen that. ~ Hawa Abdi