I want to show another side of Middle Easterners. My hope is that I would be able to play a variety of parts, and not always be the guy with the accent.
You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people into better people.
I don't think I'm a total pessimist, so I think you can find hope in all my films.
I think any period in history can be adapted into interesting fiction, as long as you approach the actual history with respect.
'The Lake of Dreams' grew gradually, over many years, elements and ideas accruing until they gained enough critical mass to become a novel.
Acting is about animality. It's great to be allowed to be animal. But I feel more alive as a director. Every morning, I have to write.
The basic premise of 'A Course in Miracles' is that it teaches us to relinquish thoughts based on fear and to accept instead thoughts based on love.
'City of God' and 'Slumdog Millionaire' are both films that I really like, but they are stylistically the opposite of what I wanted to do.
God will not damn a lunatic's soul. He knows that the powers of evil are too great for those of us with weak minds.
Voting is a right that has been given to every American; however, as Christ followers, our votes should reflect our God.
God is so unique in giving His people ways to fellowship, witness, and remember what a mighty and merciful God He is.
People tend to say Christians are always judging, but the word of God convicts Christians and urges them to obey God's commands.
A Christian without a God who hears them? That's not a place that one who truly serves Christ wants to find themselves.
Just because we want something so bad does not mean that God wants it for us, too.
The one and true God of the Bible does not share His glory with any man or anyone else. There is only room for one God.
There are some people who are always on the run, so much so that they find it hard to fit in the study of God's word.
The intelligence community, for the most part, has no accountability at all; to the Congress, to us the American people, and so they feel that they above the law.
Everything we do is infused with the energy in which we do it. If we're frantic, life will be frantic. If we are peaceful, life will be peaceful.
I would never, ever in my life say, 'I want to go to Washington to heal the soul of Washington.'
I have closed that page of my life without rancor. I do not disown any of the work done.
I love character and voice, and my favourite books have been the ones in which I've become completely absorbed.
