I like to have the impression that whatever is happening is true.
If you, like me are angry, forget the party, forget the sect, you are today lebanese, a child of beirut.
Beirut turned into a war zone in a matter of hours. We were stuck at home, the roads were blocked.
I want to keep talking about my people and my country in my own language.
I don't like to be feared, and I can't work in conflict, I'm very bad with conflict. I try to avoid it, it paralyzes me.
I'm just someone who observes a lot.
I think you owe it to yourself and you owe it to your status as an artist to be true to who you are.
Religion is a very delicate subject in Lebanon. You have to know how to say things in a very delicate way in order to be accepted.
I like to believe that my actors are not acting. That whatever they are doing, or whatever has been said, would happen in real life.
When you show people on the big screen that could be our next-door neighbour or our cousin, it does have an impact on our lives.
Critics' points of view can be one thing today and be very different in a few years.
Cinema is not only about making people dream. It's about changing things and making people think.
I don't think I make 'Chick Flicks.'
I believe everybody can make a change in the world.
I don't like to work with people I don't have any connection with.
I like to express myself fully with my body, with my language, with my voice, and through directing.
I always felt that anything is possible.
When people say to me, 'You make us proud,' it's heartwarming to hear that.
Making movies is what I'm good at. Cinema is the means through which I can best express myself.
