People care about their financial futures, and politics is very much a part of that.

I think it's been hard for people to understand how Islam can be a good religion, and yet the Islamists are evil. Those of us who have had experience with Islam understand this, just as we understand the difference between snake handlers and people going to church on Sunday morning.

I cannot live without flowers everywhere. I grew up having a big garden, the size of a city block, in Rombas.

I never wanted to be an actor. It was just something that happened.