I'm one of the luckiest Arab actors on the planet, because I've done, I think, two of the finest Arab roles that have been out in mainstream cinema for a very long time.

I wish everybody was just ethnically ambiguous. It would make life a lot easier.

There's enough of a willingness in the West to do sympathetic movies about Arab roles.

You really expose yourself when you try and go to up the volume and up the size of your performance.

Something most people don't know about me is that I never grew up.

You're not actually being a good actor all the time. But people refer to me as a good actor because they read it someplace, not because they've made up their own mind. So I'm very lucky!

I love sci-fi, computer games. I love any escapes. Give me them all.

For me, it's painful to make a movie. It's not my normal rhythm.

Develop an affirmation today, and start getting instant confirmation in all works of like.

When your dream turns into a nightmare, rise to the challenge and slaughter the dragons

I should very much like to remain in the darkness of not having been analyzed.

It is very natural for a young friend and a young lover to think the persons they love have nothing to do but to please them.

As soon as digital editing came about, I immediately made the switch to digital.

The Puerto Rican fans have supported me and it means a lot. I'm a Puerto Rican just like they are.

I am not against all wars-just whichever is current.

If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth

Each human being was given two qualities: power and the gift. Power directs us towards our destiny; the gift obliges us to share with others what is best in us.

I don't see poetry as something that has to do with too much emotion anyway. It has to do with language.