The making of a human likeness on film is a political act.
I don't set out to make a really hot shoe, I set out to make a product that is true to where I am.
Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.
I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success. Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.
It's not about the number of hours you practice, it's about the number of hours your mind is present during the practice
Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.
Everyting negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.
At times one feels that what is being said in the West is that the fact that you are a Muslim predisposes you to this blind, stupid terrorism.
In a poll taken in 1998, only 7 percent of the members of the US National Academy of Sciences, the elite of American scientists, said they believed in a personal god.
There was an age in which it was clear to me that my parents weren't perfect, but then there was an age at which I had empathy for that. And that was through therapy, probably. You have to rebuild and you also have to grow in your understanding of whatever it is your parents are facing, and that takes a major, profound shift of perspective from being a child.
Miramax can buy a small independent movie that isn't very good, but because it has great relationships with different theaters, it can get into a big theater.