We wanted to prove that I am not just a provocateur, as the television said [referring to a Fox news clip shown in the film]. It's challenging, but it's not just challenging.

People ask me what book politicians should read. They should read the life of Mahatma Gandhi.

We always think of our own profit, but not in connection to others.

That's something that I'm trying to do in my work, to send a message to western people. They're the ones who are completely disconnected.

I am very clear that I am not a feminist. It puts you into a category and I don't like that.

I think the role of artists in the past was very different. Artists had less responsibility in many ways.

We always want to do things the way we like, that's why we never change.