Djimon Hounsou Quotes

I hope more people will ask diamond companies to continue changing the way they do business in Africa.

Africa is my continent. It is where I opened my eyes.

The gym can serve as an excellent place where kids and young men and women can really empty their issues right on the floor.

My passion is more about bringing the stories out from the African continent mixed with the West.

I like stories that have a social impact and social attributes to them. That’s the whole reason we make films: to broaden our limited view of things and to see how life is evolving elsewhere.

I feel like Africans are too often portrayed as people on the National Geographic channel: the image is of an African man in a loincloth chasing a gazelle. It’s not intentionally racist; I wouldn’t call it racist at all. It’s a lack of understanding another culture.

We like to make the Marvel comics films because they’re fun. Families can go see them together. They’re entertaining. They aspire to inspire, and that is cool.

I happened to the be the fifth child of my family, so everybody was already grown and had left home already.

The rocky time came right after I left school. I spent a lot of time at night navigating the streets of Paris trying to find something to eat.

Africa is a continent that provides so much for the existence of the rest of the world. We go around the world and cultivate so many things.

Rehearsals are set up so that you find out all the nuances about your character. You never want to beat yourself up. It’s about finding the right direction, and most of the time, the right direction is not what you think is the right direction. That’s why the director‘s there: to guide you there.

Even while modeling, I was still practicing kung fu and boxing as sports.

One of the things I find extremely challenging about the continent of Africa is that when the immediate needs and the social needs of people are not met, that kills dreams, and it’s all about survival.

It’s a part of most actors to want to be in an animated feature; to extend the legacy of your career.

I was just a very torn child, very wounded in so many areas, with no family support. I happened to the be the fifth child of my family. So everybody was already grown and had left home already.