Djimon Gaston Hounsou (US /ˈdʒaɪmən ˈhɒnsuː/; French: [dʒimɔ hũsu]; born April 24, 1964) is a Beninese American actor and model. As an actor, Hounsou has been nominated for two Academy Awards. Read full biography of Djimon Hounsou →
My passion is more about bringing the stories out from the African continent mixed with the West.
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.
A lot of times, we also have to live and work. You have to make money to pay rent. In that respect, I don't think you can be so demanding. Those... →
As a young boy, I had strange dreams of affecting people and somehow being instrumental in changing the makeup of Africa and helping to improve life... →
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... →
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... →
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... →
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... →
Some of the reason why you have so many divorces is that we tend to get married, most of the time, not for ourselves, but for others, or for how it... →
The lack of diversity, specifically in genre films and the superheroes our kids grow up watching and emulating, they can't really identify with.... →
Until you are somewhat comfortable and confident and embrace who you are as a person, you can't possibly love somebody else because you don't... →
When most people in the West think about Africa, is their first thought about the game reserves and who's chasing gazelles, or are they looking... →
Djimon Gaston Hounsou (US /ˈdʒaɪmən ˈhɒnsuː/; French: [dʒimɔ hũsu]; born April 24, 1964) is a Beninese American actor and model. As an actor, Hounsou has been nominated for two Academy Awards.