I'm one of the luckiest Arab actors on the planet, because I've done, I think, two of the finest Arab roles that have been out in mainstream cinema for a very long time.
Alexander SiddigThere's enough of a willingness in the West to do sympathetic movies about Arab roles.
Alexander SiddigThere are parts that you can do them all your life, and no one knows you're even acting, and there are other parts which somehow - I think they say they 'pop' - people notice that you're in and you become an actor from the movies and people take you in a whole different way. Whether or not I can keep that ball rolling is another matter.
Alexander SiddigYou really expose yourself when you try and go to up the volume and up the size of your performance.
Alexander Siddig