As a filmmaker, you take reality and you tell a story from it.

A movie should entertain you in a way that will also open your mind. I think movies are tools to enrich your experience.

I don't read the news anymore because I know it would make me depressed. So instead, I make beauty. I make movies.

You need a visualization of the outside obstacle and what can be better than a wall. For the Palestinians it means a division from each other, because the wall didn't separate Palestinians from Israelis, it separated them from themselves. This is the reality, and the wall is a kind of jail to the Palestinians.

When I was younger, I did dark movies. It was a reflection of what I saw around me.

Most of us want to live in harmony and peace and be good to others. Right now, however, the world is in a very turbulent time, and our leadership has gone crazy.

The casting is very simple actually, but it is very important. You choose the best actor for the role, and you test them and you test them, and you bring them back, and you have to make sure the actors fit the roles.