I've discovered I can't make a film about people I dislike.

You know, Arabs are critical of United States foreign policy, but they also associate the U.S. with democratic principles and opportunity.

It's incredible to see the creativity, beauty and hardships people capture when filmmaking is opened up and shared with the world.

Traveling around the world during the World Cup in 2006, I was thinking, 'Wow, this is such an incredible and global event.'

As the world is getting smaller, it becomes more and more important that we learn each other's dance moves, that we meet each other, we get to know each other, we are able to figure out a way to cross borders, to understand each other, to understand people's hopes and dreams, what makes them laugh and cry.

If you can laugh with somebody and relate to somebody, it becomes harder to dehumanize them. I think that most of what we are constantly bombarded with in terms of media leads you to a creation of 'the Other' and a dehumanization of 'the Other,' and it's very much an us-versus-them conversation.

I've discovered I can't make a film about people I dislike.