To understand Afghanistan, you have to face the stress the average Afghan deals with.

The yearning to be Afghan, to be part of the country, part of the land helped me separate myself from the casual traveler and claim my Afghan identity.

After I was in an ambush, my uncles were happy - it was almost like a baptism.

In a male-dominated environment, things are very macho, and you can't show weakness.

It would be very hard to bring a wife to Afghanistan. In America, I'd have no problem with her doing whatever she wanted, but in Afghanistan, that's not the case.

Real comedy is not when you laugh at an idiot, it's when the idiot laughs at you.

Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.

Fifty years from now I'll be just three inches of type in a record book.

Your waking adult life is going to be spent in what you do professionally, so you'd better like the journey and not just aim for the destination.

Because you don’t ever find things when you’re looking for them. You find them when you’re not.” “If that were true, nobody would ever find their keys.

Nuh-uh. No deals with the devil. I’ve learned my lesson on that one. ~Jaime Vegas

Benefit your friends; make sure your enemies suffer from being your enemies.

My films really have to be a part of a whole body of work that says something to me.

I'm pretty low-key; you'll often find me in jeans, a T-shirt and sweatshirt.

This country maintains that there is no political prisoners, that everybody is criminals, but it's just not true.