I think most Muslims are incredibly upset with the state of America's foreign policy today and the state of the world.

Part of living is understanding where the fringes are. Once you know how far people go, you can say, "Well, here's how I choose to represent myself."

I don't go into a movie with preconceived notions of where I want things to go.

I think we've unplugged and become very apathetic to a lot of things that are happening. There's so much going on and we're sort of disconnected.

By what you decide to put on your body, for example, you're already making a personal judgement. That's an incredible thing that happens...we set our own standards even before we walk out the door. Most of the time, those standards are self insulting. Most of the time we belittle ourselves, because we can't have the things we think we're suppose to have. That's what we've bought into.

I don't know. I have incredible amounts of hope that things can change. It takes people who believe.

Film is an oversimplification of things. That it really boils things down and makes them too simple.