Maybe my work looks a little crazy, a little insane, but I don't really see myself as a crazy artist or a shaman artist.

I think it was so unfair that people attacked Freida Pinto for being an Indian, playing a Palestinian.

Maybe my work looks a little crazy, a little insane, but I don't really see myself as a crazy artist or a shaman artist.

I think it's good when people don't write good things about your work. I mean, what a great compliment it is to be called a charlatan.

There are certain times you want to be here and there are certain times you want to just go. And when you go, it's usually so exhausting you have to check into a hospital when you come home!

It doesn't matter what I think I am, it matters what I do.

Many people say to me, "I saw [Miral] and it really stayed with me. I woke up the next day and really thought about it, and have been thinking about it for awhile." That was my goal.