I Took Three Years Of

This Clash Of The Culture, East And The West, Us And Them, Muslim And Christian, Does Not Exist.

As A Director, You Have To Understand What Is Happening - If I Don't Understand It, You Can't Make Changes.

It Is Dangerous When You Start Calling People From One Part Of The World Terrorists Or Fanatic, And You Reduce Them To Some Abstract Notion. If Evil Has A Geographical Place, And If The Evil Has A Name, That Is The Beginning Of Fascism. Real Life Is Not This Way. You Have Fanatics And Narrow-minded People Everywhere.

Nothing's Worse Than Saying Goodbye. It's A Little Like Dying.

I Had This Fantasy That In A Democracy The Government Was The Population. So I Came To America And Got A Big Slap In My Face... Americans Were Not What I Thought. I Thought I Was Going To See Bastards And I Saw Nice People, Very Friendly To Me.