wisdom comes to us when it can no longer do any good.
I did do an American pilot, but it wasnt shot in America, it was shot in South Africa. It was called The Philanthropist, and it was for NBC.
I don't like routine and I don't like rules.
I distinctly remember watching Daniel Day Lewis in My Left Foot, and my parents were discussing the fact that hes an actor. To me, it was a foreign concept. I was like, Someone is pretending to do that? Thats so awesome! After that, it just stayed in the back of my mind.
Every director is different, but the insights from new people on set give you a different opinion and perspective, which is always embraced, in some way.
I miss L. A. because of the weather. It can change so much in Calgary. You can get a storm one minute, and then the sun will come out and it will be hot.
I started doing drama after school, and it just developed into something that I did and I enjoyed very much.
Detroits industrial ruins are picturesque, like crumbling Rome in an 18th-century etching.
The greatest legacy is that which benefits the widest number of people for the longest period without limit to value. No one but the Prophet Muhammad was given that role as the seal of God's message.
I'm not in the business of saying just one thing about just one place. If you only see Palestine in my films, then I've failed because then I'm just a provincial filmmaker.
Amy Winehouse and Paul Weller are examples of poets, I think.