About Hani Furstenberg: Hani Furstenberg is an Israeli-American actress perhaps best known in Israel for her work in the films Yossi & Jagger and Campfire and in America for her role starring alongside Gael Garcia Bernal in The Loneliest Planet.
I hope the English-speaking world can see that I'm not only an Israeli actress.
I've been able to work with great directors in Israel.
When I was growing up, I was teased for being too skinny. I went to summer camp when I was 11. I wore shorts, and the nurse said to me, in front of all my friends, that I was anorexic and that she had to monitor me to make sure I was eating. Because ...
For Americans I'll always be Israeli, and for Israelis I'll always be American. But I really have no need for definitions.
I'm an actress, and that's my work and my passion.
